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Tulips are so pleasant.
“We are told that in Persia the tulip, whose blossom in its native country is scarlet, while the centre of its glowing cup is black, is used to express warm affection; and when sent by a lover, will convey to the object of his attachment the idea that like this flower, his face is warm and his heart is consumed as a coal.”
-Anne Pratt, “The Field, The Garden and the Woodland” 1838
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