Floriography**********Communicating with flowers became the
height of fashion under Queen Victoria, when nineteenth century
publishers produced dozens of dictionaries explaining
"floriography" as "The Language of Flowers." Lovers used the
guidebooks to gather nosegays, bouquets and tussie-mussies --from
the medieval tussie (knot of flowers) and mussie (moist moss used
to keep flowers fresh). The Victorians also created special holders
for these bouquets so that a lady could carry her flowers with her,
just as she would her purse. Acacia- Secret loveAster - Symbol of
love Astilbe - I'll be waiting Azalea - First love Bachelor Button
- Blessedness Basil - Best wishes Bay Leaves - Faithfulness
Bluebell - Constancy Caladium - Great joy & delight Calla Lily
- Magnificent Beauty Camellia (Red) - Excellence Camellia (White) -
Loveliness Carnation (Pink) - I'll never forget youCarnation (Red)
- Alas! My poor heart Carnation (Striped) - Sorry I can't be with
you Clematis - Beauty Crocus - Young love Daffodil - You are the
only one Daisy - Innocence Dogwood - Love undiminished by adversity
Fern - Fascination Forget-me-not - True Love Gardenia - You are
lovely Geranium - Friendship Gladioli - Love at first sight Heather
- Our dreams will come true Hyacinth - Playful Hydrangea -
Understanding Iris - Message Ivy - Marriage Jonquil - Desire
affections to be returnedLavender - Devoted love Lilac -
Enchantment Lily - Purity Lotus - Estranged love Magnolia
-DignityMorning Glory - Affection Mum - Truth Orchid - You are
beautiful Pansy - Thoughts of you Pennyroyal - Warmth of feeling
Peony - Bashful love Periwinkle - Happy memories Petunia - Never
despair Phlox - Our souls are united Poppy - Hopeless love Rose
(Pink) - Happiness Rose (Red) - Passionate love Rose (Yellow) -
Friendship love Rosemary - Love from the sender Snapdragon -
Presumptuous Spider Flower - Elope with me Stephanotis - Happiness
in marriage Sunflower - Adoration Sweet Pea - Lasting Pleasure
Sweet William - Gallantry Thyme - Courage Tulips - Declaration of
love Violets - Modesty Wisteria - I cling to thee Zinnia - Absent
loveWhat each flower enumerated, signifies, when sent to a friend
or lover. Almond, flowering - Concealed love. Althea, Frutex - I am
deeply in love. Amaranth - Immortality, or piety. Anemone - Fading
hope. Arbor-Vitae - Unchanging friendship. Auricula, Scarlet -
Pride. You are proud. Bachelor's button - Hope in love. Balm - I
long for your society. Balsamine - Impatience; or, pray come. Bay
Leaf - I change but in dying. Box - I believe in your constancy.
Buttercup - Riches. You are rich. Calla Ethiopica - Magnificent
beauty. Carnation - Pride and Beauty. Camelia Japonica - Surpassing
excellence. Cedar - Think of me. China Aster - Caprice. Cypress -
Despair, and without hope. Dahlia - Dignity - I will sustain it.
Daisy - Youthful beauty. Dandelion - Coquetry, I accuse you of.
Eglantine - I wound to heal. Forget-me-not - True love for ever.
Fox-glove - Insincerity. You are false. Geranium - Gentility and
elegance. Gilly-Flower - Thou art fair. Golden Rod - Encouragement.
You will succeed. Grass - Submission. Heart's Ease - Love in
idleness. Heliotrope - Devotion. Let us pray for each other.
Hellebore - Calumny. You have listened. Hollyhock - Ambition. I
seek glory. Honeysuckle - Dost thou love me ? Houstonia - Content
ever with thee. Hyacinth, Purple - Sorrow. I am sad. Hydrangea -
Heartlessness. Ivy - Wedded Love. We are happy. Jasmine, White - I
desire a return of my affection. Larkspur - Haughtiness. Laurel -
Ambition. I will win. Laurustinus - A token. Pray remember.
Lavender - Acknowledgment. Lilac - Fastidiousness. Lily, White -
Purity and beauty. Magnolia - You are beautiful. Marigold -
Jealousy, I have cause. Mignionette - I live for thee. Moss -
Patience, or pray wait. Oak-Leaf - Courage. I will endure.
Passion-Flower - Piety. Trust in God. Periwinkle - Memory. Never
forget. Pink - Household love. I am at home. Poppy - Forgetfulness.
Primrose - Neglected merit. Rose - Love, or I love you. Rue -
Disdain. Go: never return. Saffron - Marriage - when ? Snow-drop -
Faithful in adversity. Thyme - Thriftiness. I am diligent. Tulip -
Beautiful eyes. Look on me. Violet - I dream of thee. Willow -
Forsaken - never more. Wheat - Prosperity - I wish thee. Yew -
Penitence. I am sorry.
