

302 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
" of its cold beauty: it is the image of a coquet, You AR 
who, destitute of the qualities of the mind Early 
and heart, strives to please solely by the arts tu 
of dress. Jovi 
You ARE MY DIVINITY, American cowslip. The with 
elegant and single stalk of this plant rises 
from the centre of a tuft of broad leaves that 
lie flat on the ground. In April, it is crowned Tits 
with twelve pretty pink flowers reversed. 
Linneus has given to it the name of Dodeca- 
theon, which signifies twelve divinities. It 
is, perhaps, rather a pompous name for so 
modest a flower: but on that point botanists, 
and especially lovers, are not very parti- 
cular. 



You ARE PERFECT, Pineapple. The Pineapple, ve 
surrounded with its handsome leaves, and a's 
surmounted by a crown, which is employed see 
for its propagation, has the appearance of de 
being sculptured in pale gold. It isso beau- on 
tiful that it seems to be made only to delight 
the eye; so delicious, that it combines the ag 
varied flavours of all our best fruits; and so ue 
fragrant, that it would deserve to be culti- ‘a 

rated solely for the sake of its perfume. 

