| <blockquote>Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in speaking of the flower language, says: "There is no color, no flower, no weed, no fruit, herb, pebble or feather, that has not a verse belonging to it; and you may quarrel, reproach, or send letters of passion, friendship, or civility, or even of news, without even inking your fingers." | <blockquote>Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in speaking of the flower language, says: "There is no color, no flower, no weed, no fruit, herb, pebble or feather, that has not a verse belonging to it; and you may quarrel, reproach, or send letters of passion, friendship, or civility, or even of news, without even inking your fingers." |
| -- Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occould Sciences, p. 789</blockquote> | -- Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occoult Sciences of the World, p. 789</blockquote> |
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