

x INTRODUCTION. 
method of presenting them. Our readers are to un- 
derstand that the meaning of a symbol varies ac- 
cording to the position in which it is placed. The 
marigold is symbolical of grief and pain; thus, if 
placed on the head, it denotes trouble of mind: on 
the heart, it refers to the anxieties of love; on the 
bosom, it expresses the lassitude and weariness of 
ennur. 
A flower presented in its natural state conveys a 
sentiment affirmatively ; and the sentiment changes 
in the same degree that the state of the flower is 
changed, until it is completely negatived. Thus, a 
withered white rose, inclined to the right, signifies, 
‘*T loved you once ;” but if inclined to the left, it 
means, ** You loved me once.” 
A little atttention to these simple rules will soon 
perfect the youthful and loving in the poetic lan- 
guage of flowers, and enable them to interchange 
their their sentiments unscanned by vulgar eyes. 


