Wonderfully illustrated book by famed 19th-century illustrator lists over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents — tulip = fame; blue violet = faithfulness, etc. Flower-related verses at back of book. 85 full-color illustrations.
Hark! hark! the dogs bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags and some in tags, And some in a silken gown. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown, And some gave them a good horse-whip, And sent them out of the town.