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PREFACE. 
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PLOWERS are universally acknowledged and appreciated 
as the most graceful and lovely objects among the pro- 
ductions of nature, and few preliminary remarks are 
therefore necessary in presenting to the acceptance of 
the public, a little work on a subject so truly deligh:- 
ful and interesting as the Language of Flora. 
Flowers are calculated to raise generous and tender 
emotions in the heart, and to swell the bosom with 
gratitude and praise to the ‘‘ Giver of every blessing,” 
for the rich and inexhaustible treasures he has thought 
fit to scatter in such profusion around us, to delight our 
senses by their rich tints, delicate forms, and delightful 
perfumes—filling the air with the most delicious fra- 
grance throughout the summer months— 
“When ‘stead of one unchanging breeze, 
There blow a thousand gentle airs, 
And each a different perfume bears :— 
As if the loveliest plants and trees 
Had vassal breezes of their own 
To watch and wait on them alone, 
And waft no other breath than theirs.” 

