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MODIFICATIONS OF THE FLOWER 
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Tr a flower be gi 
nification is unders 
the oe meanin 
Dae dive 
ven reversed, its original sig- 
te ad to be contradicted, and 
o be implied. 
sted 0 of its thorns, but retaining 
7s the sentiment, ‘“‘I fear no 
thorns signifying tears, and 



ripped of leaves and thorns, the bud signi- 
fies, ‘ “There is nothing to hope or fear.”’ 

The expression of flowers is also varied by -_ 
hanging their positions. Place a marigold on 
the head, and it signifies “ Mental anguish ;”? on 
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the bosom, ‘‘ Ind ifference.’ 
When a flower is given, the pronoun J is un- 
derstood by | bending “it to th 
by inclining it to the left. 

“Yes”? = implied by touching the flower given 
with the lips. 
“No,” by pinching off a petal, and casting it 
away. 
‘Iam,” is expressed by a laurel-leaf twisted 
round the bouquet. 
‘““T have,”’ by an ivy-leaf folded together. 
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“TI offer you,” by a leaf of the Virginian 
Creeper. 






