XXIV.--FLOWERS.

Very beautiful--Their names given to Stars and to Women--Flower
language: long conversations carried on by means of
Flowers--Instances of Flower Language--Displeasure expressed
through the medium of Flowers--Instances of Flowers with meanings
attached


XXV.--FLOWERS IMPROVED BY ELECTRICITY.

Mode in which nature operates--Vitality of seed--Consequence of
injury--Production of leaves--Of colour--United electricities form
gatherings--Important discovery--Sap, the reservoir of
electricity--PROCESS FOR CHANGING FORM--PROCESS FOR CHANGING
COLOUR--For giving fragrance--THE LUANIA--SUN-FORCING


XXVI.--SONG OF ADMIRATION.

(_Explanation of terms used in the Song of Admiration._)

The Spangled Mountain--The reviled beauty--Slander and its
promulgators--The Legend of Zacosta--Fall of her
Tormentors--Happiness of the higher order of Spirits--Slander
regarded with horror--Motives of the Slanderers--The King of the
Air--The loving little animal--The ingenious instrument for
discovering diamonds--The pet animal--The Meleeta--The Turvee
Insect--Shooting Stars--Whale Electricity--The Martolooti--The
Flower of Grace--The Chilarti--The Allmanyuka--The perfume of the