Author: Greenwood, Laura, edited by,
Title: The Rural Wreath; or Life Among the Flowers (meanings of flowers).
Description: Boston, Wentworth & Co., 1856. Fair. Royal blue embossed binding, gilt flowers on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine, two poems glued to front. endpaper, tissue guard on frontis, embossed flower design on back cover. Meanings of many flowers, such as Clematis (Mental Beauty); Amaranth (Immortality); Basil (Hatred of the other sex); Hawthorn (Hope); Heliotrope (Devotion); Labunum (Pensiveness);etc. Both blank front flyleafs removed, heavy edge wear especially along spine ends, few smudges, partial slit along second flyleaf. Interesting book for flower lovers.

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