POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
“There are few natural objects more poeti- 
cal in their general associations than flowers : 
nor has there ever been a poet, simple or sub- 
lime, who has not adorned his verse with these 
specimens of nature’s cunning workmanship. 
From the majestic sun-flower, towering above 
her sisters of the garden, and faithfully turning 
to welcome the God of day, to the little hum- 
ble and well known weed that is said to close 
its crimson eye before impending shower, there 
is scarcely one flower which may not from its 
loveliness, its perfume, its natural situation, or 
its classical association, be considered highly 
poetical.” 




