expresses more powerfully a desire for good neighbourhood, than all the words of village dialect.

But to express ourselves more readily by floral emblems, it is necessary that we should lay down grammatical rules for the government of this silent language before we proceed to the dictionary of emblems.

The first principle is to observe that the pronoun I, or me, is expressed by inclining the flower to the left, and the pronoun thou, or thee, by sloping it to the right, but when represented by drawings on paper, these positions should be reversed, as the flower should lean to the heart of the person whom it is to signify.

The articles a, an, and the, may be expressed by a tendril, the first by a single line, thus, the second by a double ten, and the third by one with

dril

The second rule is, that if a flower presented upright expresses a particular sentiment, when reversed it has a contrary meaning. Thus, for example, a rose bud upright with its thorns and its leaves means, "I fear, but I hope;" if the same bud is returned held downwards, it signifies, "you must neither hope nor fear;" but if the thorns be stripped off, it expresses, there is every thing to hope;" deprived of its leaves, it signifies, "there is every thing to fear." Thus the expression may be varied of almost all the flowers by changing their position. The flower of the marigold, for example, placed on the head, signifies "trouble of spirits;" on the heart, "trouble

of love;" on the bosom, "weariness."

The pansy held upright denotes "hearts' ease;" reversed it speaks the contrary; when presented upright it is understood to say, “think of me;" but when offered pendant, it means 66 forget me." And thus the ama

ryllis, which is the emblem of pride, may be

"your pride is checked," by holding it downwards either to the left or the right, as the sense requires.

In the same manner the wallflower, which is made the emblem of fidelity in misfortune, if presented with the stalk upwards, would insinuate that the person was considered no friend to the unfortunate. Thus various sentiments may be expressed by all the flowers noticed in these emblems, but which are principally intended as floral mottos.