THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 13 

mF belonging to it; and you may quarrel, re- 
the proach, or send letters of passion, friend- 
1a ship, or civility, or even of news, without 
the even inking your fingers,” 
In the letter the following flowers are 
Sa employed :— 
. See J ONQUIL.—Have pity on my passion. 
ae RosE.—May you be pleased, and all your 
‘t sorrows be mine. 
os A Srraw.—Sufler me to be your slave. 
its A pearl, a pear, soap; cloth, hair, and gold 
rd, wire are all pressed into the same service: 
nes but as we have only to do at present with 
flowers, we omit the meanings of the other 
Jeg contents of the purse. 
of The European flower-language was uti- 
‘ad lized, and almost formed, by Aimé Martin ; 
rst and the earlier works on the subject were 
ait only translations or adaptations from the 
ch French: but English writers have a good 
4 deal altered and modified it since; and as 
vee new flowers come yearly to us from other 
id lands, every fresh vocabulary may contain 
n10 additional words or sentences, even as our 
b, own tongue grows by grafts from other 
5 languages, 


