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WORKS ON FLOWERS.


In Imperial 4to. handsomely bound, 2l. 2s.

FLORA'S GEMS;

OR,

The Choicest treasures of the Parterre.

IN TWELVE BOUQUETS, COLOURED WITH THE UTMOST CARE, AND ACCOMPANIED By ILLUSTRATIVE LETTER-PRESS.

The Plates of this work are all coloured in the most finished style, so as to equal first-rate Drawings, and are accompanied with poetical illustrations. It forms a unique ornament for the drawing-room table or lady's boudoir.


SECOND EDITION.

Cloth, gilt edges, price 6s ; silk 7s. 6d ; or morocco elegant, 8s. 6d.

THE SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS,

WITH TWELVE GROUPS OF FLOWERS, TASTEFULLY DESIGNED AND COLOURED.

" In Eastern lands they talk in flowers.
And they tell in a garland their loves and cares ;
Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers,
On its leaves a mystic language bears."

This work teaches the eloquent language referred to in the above beautiful liues. As in the East, so in the fair island of Britain, " flowers are here made to speak the language of sentiment."

"This is a charming little book. Engravings of groups of the most beloved, the most popular, and the most poetical are very neatly and accurately coloured, and interspersed with fanciful and elegant descriptions and analogies, illustrated by quotations from the wide range of English poetry, and from whatever has been most gracefully and fondly said of those darlings of nature."— Taits Mag.

" One of the prettiest little books we have seen. It contains twelve coloured engravings, a neatly told biography, if we may use the term, of each flower— all the graceful anecdotes connected with them, and some very beautiful and appropriate poetical quotations. It teaches too

'All that token flowers can tell,
What words can never speak so well,'

" Well, if we were a young lady, we would neither write nor receive a billet-doux, save in the shape of a bouquet."—Court Journal.


REFLECTIONS ON A FLOWER GARDEN;

By the Rev. James Hervey. Price 5s, 6d., neatly bound

This new Edition of Hervey's celebrated Work is elegantly printed and illustrated by Twelve Plates of the most remarkable Flowers mentioned by the Author. It forms a very tasteful present for young persons.


LESSONS IN FLOWER PAINTING;

In a Series of easy and progressive Studies. Draum and coloured after Nature.

By James Andrews.

This Work contains Twenty-four Sheets of Flowers, beautifully coloured. In the style of its execution it far surpasses any similar publication. To render it essentially useful, as well as ornamental, a duplicate of each plate is given in outline, printed on drawing paper, for the pupil to colour like the original. It may be had complete, handsomely bound in ornamented cloth, gilt edges, price 16s. ; or in Six Parts, 2s. 6d. each.

A great variety of Groups and Vases of Flowers for more advanced Students in this delightful branch of Art are constantly on sale at the publisher's.


FLORAL CONVERSATION CARDS.

In a handsome case, gilt edges, price 12s.

These cards, Fifty in number, have a correct and neatly coloured Flower on each. A Key is given, and the means furnished for holding conversations by the means of Floral Emblems. At the same time they serve as an Assistant to the Botanical Student, and a very useful and popular illustration of the Language of Flowers.


CHARLES TILT, FLEET STREET.