1. Enterprising.

2. Silly.

3. Base.

4. Loquacious.

5. Lazy. 6. Gentle.

7. Ostentacious. 8. Obstinate. 9. Hasty. 10. Submissive. 11. Arbitrary. 12. Avaricious.

13. Passionate.
14. Languishing.
15. Selfish.

16. Ambitious.
17. Cheerful.

18. Delicate.

19. Sincere.
20. Coquettish.
21. Presumptuous.
22. Capricious.
23. Jealous.

24. Constant.

The following pages will explain the emblematic significations which have been attributed to different flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees; and the various combinations which these meanings may suggest will, it is presumed, furnish a pleasing exercise for the ingenuity of our fair readers.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

SPRING.

Here Spring appears, with flowery chaplets bound.

ΑΝΟΝ.

Fresh Spring, the herald of love's mighty king,
In whose cote-armour richly are display'd
All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring,
In goodly colours gloriously array'd.

Now gentle gales,

Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense

SPENSER.

Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole These balmy spoils.

Who loves not Spring's voluptuous hours,
The carnival of birds and flowers?

MILTON,

MONTGOMERY.

SNOWDROP.

HOPE.

THOUGH the Snowdrop cannot, perhaps, strictly speaking, be called one of the flowers of spring, still, as the herald of that season, we may be excused for placing it at the head of them.

Fair handed Spring unbosoms every grace,
Throws out the Snowdrop and the Crocus first.
THOMSON.

As Flora's breath, by some transforming power,
Had changed an icicle into a flower,

Its name and hue the scentless plant retains,
And winter lingers in its icy chains.

The Snowdrop, Winter's timid child,

Awakes to life bedewed with tears,
And flings around its fragrance mild;
And, where no rival flow'rets bloom
Amidst the bare and chilling gloom,
A beauteous gem appears.

BARBAULD.

All weak and wan, with head inclined,
Its parent breast the drifted snow,
It trembles, while the ruthless wind
Bends its slim form; the tempest lowers,
Its emerald eye drops crystal showers
On its cold bed below.

Where'er I find thee, gentle flower,
Thou still art sweet and dear to me,
For I have known the cheerless hour,
Have seen the sunbeams cold and pale,
Have felt the chilling wintry gale,

And wept and shrunk, like thee!

MARY ROBINSON.

This firstling of the year may not inaptly be considered as an emblem of hope. Some have regarded it as a symbol of humility, of gratitude, and of virgin innocence.

The north wind howls; the naked branches of the trees are powdered with hoar frost; the earth is covered by a white, uniform carpet; the tuneful birds are silent; the captive rivulet ceases to murmur. At this season, when all Nature appears dead, a delicate flower springs up amidst the snow, displaying to the astonished eye its ivory bells, embosoming a small green spot, as if marked by the pencil of Hope. In expanding its blossoms on the snow, this delicate flower seems to smile at the rigours of winter, and to say:-"Take courage; here I am to cheer you with the hope of milder weather!"