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We have, in this little volume, added 
about thirty new significant blossoms to the 
old ones; and our fair readers will thus 
find “ta tongue” for the flowers which 
bloom in the conservatory and green-house, 
and will not be condemned during the long 
winter months to floral silence. “4 
We will close our introduction with Leigh ; 
Hunt’s playful lines on the language of 
flowers, or an Albanian love letter. 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
THE ALBANIAN LOVE-LETTER. 
An exquisite invention this, 
Worthy of Love’s most honied kiss, Ee 
This art of writing billet-doux 
{n buds, and odours, and bright hues,— 
In saying all one feels and thinks 
In clever daffodils and pinks, 
Uttering (as well as silence may) 
The sweetest words the sweetest way: 
How fit, too, for a lady’s bosom, 
The place where billet-doux repose ’em. 
How charming in some rural spot, 
Combining love with garden plot, 
| At once to cultivate one’s flowers, 
And one’s epistolary powers, 

