Thus, as Mr.Ingram remarks in the introduction to his "Flora Symbolica" (p.

12), "from the unlettered North American Indian to the highly polished Parisian; from the days of dawning among the mighty Asiatic races, whose very names are buried in oblivion, down to the present times, the symbolism of flowers is everywhere and in all ages discovered permeating all strata of society.

It has been, and still is, the habit of many peoples to name the different portions of the year after the most prominent changes of the vegetable kingdom." In the United States, the language of flowers is said to have more votaries than in any other part of the world, many works relative to which have been published in recent years.

Indeed, the subject will always be a popular one; for further details illustrative of which the reader would do well to consult Mr.H.G.

Adams's useful work on the "Moral Language and Poetry of Flowers," not to mention the constant allusions scattered throughout the works of our old poets, such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Drayton.
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