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Preface.
Contents.
Dictionary of Flowers,
The Calendar of Flowers.
The Dial of Flowers.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.


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By HENRIETTA DUMONT.
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PHILADELPHIA:
H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS.
1851.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by
H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.

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STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON AND CO.
PHILADELPHIA.

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Preface.

Why has the beneficent Creator scattered over the face of the earth sucha profusion of beautiful flowers—flowers by the thousand and million,in every land—from the tiny snowdrop that gladdens the chill spring ofthe north, to the gorgeous magnolia that flaunts in the sultry regionsof the tropics? Why is it that every landscape has its appropriateflowers, every nation its national flowers, every rural home its homeflowers? Why do flowers enter and shed their perfume over every scene oflife, from the cradle to the grave? Why are flowers made to utter allvoices of joy and sorrow in all varying scenes, from the chaplet thatadorns the bride to the votive wreath that blooms over the tomb?

It is for no other reason than that flowers have in themselves a realand natural significance. They have a positive relation to man, hissentiments, passions, and feelings. They correspond to actual em

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