FLOWER LANGUAGE

 FLOWER LANGUAGE 

By Madame Xanto

Flowers likem precious stones, have meanings also, and though not as ancient, except,in the case of the lily and a few other Bible flowers, are very true and beautiful, They are: 

Letter A

ACACIA -Concealed love. 
ACANTHUS- Arts. 
ALMOND BLOSSOM- Hope. 
ALOE-Superstition. 
ALTHEA-Consumed by love. 
ALYSSUM SWEET -Worth beyond beauty. 
AMARYLLIS -Splendid beauty. 

ANEMONE-Expectation. 

APOCYNUM (DOGBANE)- Inspiration. 

APPLE -Temptation. 

APPLE BLOSSOM-Preference. 

ARBOR VITE- Unchanging friendship. 

ARBUTUS TRAILING- Welcome. 

ASH -Grandeur. 

ASH (MOUNTAIN)- Prudence. 

ASPEN TREE -Lamentation. 

AZALEA- Romance. 

Letter B

BACHELOR'S BUTTON- Hope in love. 

BALM -Sympathy. 

BALM OF GILEAD -Healing. 

BALSAM -Impatience. 

BARBERRY- Satire sharpness. 

BAY LEAF- No change till death. 

BEECH -Prosperity. 

BEE ORCHID- Industry. 

BELL FLOWER- Gratitude. 

BIRCH TREE- Meekness. 

BLUE BOTTLE -Delicacy. 

BOX- Constancy. 

BRIERS- Envy. 

BROOM -Neatness. 

BURDOCK- Importunity.

BUTTERCUP- Riches. 

Letter C

CACTUS Thou- leavest me. 

CALLA LILY -Feminine beauty. 

CAMELIA- Pity. 

CAMOMILE- Energy in action. 

CANDYTUFT- Indifference. 

CANTERBURY BELL- Gratitude. 

CAPE JASMINE (GARDENIA)- Transport ecstacy.

CARDINAL FLOWER- Distinction. 

CARNATION YELLOW- Disdain. 

CEDAR- I live for thee. 

CEDAR OF LEBANON- Incorruptible. 

CHICKWEED- I cling to thee. 

CHICKORY- Frugality. 

CHINA ASTER- I will think of thee. 

CHINA PINK- Aversion. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM ROSE- In love. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM WHITE- Truth. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM YELLOW- Slighted love. 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM ROSE- In love. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM WHITE- Truth. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM YELLOW- Slighted love. 

CLEMATIS -Artifice. 

CLOVER RED- Industry. 

COBAEA -Gossip. 

COXCOMB- Foppery. 

COLUMBINE -Folly.

COLUMBINE PURPLE -Resolved to win. 

COLUMBINE RED- Anxious. 

CONVOLVULUS -Dead hope.

COREOPSIS -Love at first sight. 

CORN- Riches.

COWSLIP- Pensiveness 

COWSLIP AMERICAN -My divinity. 

CROCUS- Cheerfulness.

CROWN IMPERIAL- Majesty. 

CURRANTS- You please me.

CYPRESS AND MARIGOLD-Despair. 

Letter D

DAFFODIL- Chivalry. 

DAHLIA -Forever thine. 

DAISY GARDEN- I share your feelings. 

DAISY WHITE-Innocence. 

DAISY WILD-I will think of it. 

DANDELION- Coquetry. 

DEAD LEAVES- Sadness. 

DOCK- Patience. 

DODDER -Meanness. 

DOGWOOD FLOWERING, (CORNUS)- Am indifferent to you. 

Letter E

EGLANTINE-I wound to heal. 

ELDER- Compassion. 

ELM- Dignity.

EPIGEA (MAYFLOWER)- Budding beauty. 

EVENING PRIMROSE- Inconstancy. 

EVERGREEN - Poverty. 

EVERLASTING (GRAPHOLIUM) - Never ceasing. 

Letter F

FIR TREE- Elevation.

FLAX -I feel your kindness. 

FLOWERING REED -Confide in heaven. 

FORGET-ME-NOT- True love. 

FOX GLOVE- Insincerity. 

FURZE- Anger.  

FUCHSIA -The ambition of my love thus plagues itself. 

FUCHSIA (SCARLET)- Taste. 

Letter G

GARDENIA -Transport; ecstacy. 

GENTIAN( FRINGED) -Intrinsic worth. 

GERANIUM (APPLE)- Present preference. 

GERANIUM (Ivy) - Your hand for next dance. 

GERANIUM (NUTMEG)- I expect a meeting. 

GERANIUM (OAK)- Lady, deign to smile. 

GERANIUM (ROSE) - Preference. 

GERANIUM (SILVER LEAF)- Recall. 

GLADIOLUS- Ready armed. 

GOLDEN ROD- Encouragement. 

GRAPE- Charity. 

GRASS- Utility. 

GUELDER ROSE (SNOWBALL)- Winter.

Letter H 

HAREBELL - Grief. 

HAWTHORNE- Hope. 

HEARTSEASE- Think of me. 

HEARTSEASE (PURPLE)- I think of you. 

HAZEL- Reconciliation. 

HEATH-Solitude. 

HELIOTROPE (PERUVIAN) I love; devotion. 

HELLEBORE-Scandal. 

HEPATICA- Confidence 

HOLLY-Foresight. 

HOLLYHOCK- Fruitfulness. 

HOLLYHOCK (WHITE)- Feminine ambition. 

HONEYSUCKLE -The bond of love. 

HONEYSUCKLE( CORAL)- The color of my fate. 

HONEYSUCKLE (MONTHLY)- I will not hastily. 

HOP- Injustice. 

HORSE CHESTNUT- Luxury. 

HOYA (WAX PLANT)- Sculpture. 

HYACINTH- Jealousy. 

HYACINTH (BLUE)- Constancy. 

HYACINTH (PURPLE)- Sorrow. 

HYDRANGEA- Heartlessness. 

Letter I

ICE PLANT- Your looks freeze me.

IRIS- Message. 

IVY- Friendship; matrimony. 

Letter J

JESSAMINE (CAPE)- Transient joy. 

JESSAMINE (WHITE)- Amiability.

JESSAMINE (YELLOW)- Grace elegance. 

JONQUIL- Return my affection.

Letter L

LABURNAM- Pensive beauty. 

LADY'S SLIPPER- Capricious beauty. 

LANTANA -Rigor. 

LARCH- Boldness. 

LARKSPUR- Fickleness. 

LAUREL- Glory. 

LAVENDER- Distrust. 

LEMON BLOSSOM- Discretion. 

LILAC- First emotion of love. 

LILAC (WHITE)- Youth. 

LILY -Purity modesty.

LILY OF THE VALLEY- Return of happiness. 

LILY (DAY)- Coquetry. 

LILY (WATER) -Eloquence. 

LILY (YELLOW)- Falsehood. 

LINDEN TREE-Conjugal love. 

LOCUST -Affection beyond the grave. 

LOTUS- Forgetful of the past. 

LOVE IN A MIST- You puzzle me. 

LOVE LIES BLEEDING-Hopeless, not heartless. 

Letter M

MADDER- Calumny. 

MAIDEN'S HAIR-Discretion. 

MAGNOLIA (CHINESE)- Love of nature. 

MAGNOLIA (GRANDIFLORA)- Peerless and proud. 

MALLOW-Sweetness. 

MANDRAKE- Horror. 

MAPLE- Reserve. 

MARIGOLD- Cruelty. 

MARJORAM- Blushes. 

MARSH MALLOW- Beneficence. 

MEADOW SAFFRON- My best days gone. 

MEADOW SWEET- Usefulness. 

MIGNONETTE- Your qualities surpass charms. 

MINT- Virtue. 

MISTLETOE- I surmount all difficulties. 

MOCK ORANGE (SYRINGIA)- Counterfeit. 

MONKSHOOD -A deadly foe is near. 

MORNING GLORY -Coquetry. 

MOSS- Maternal love. 

MOTHERWORT- Secret love. 

MULBERRY( BLACK)- I will not survive you. 

MULBERRY WHITE -Wisdom. 

MULLEIN- Good nature. 

MUSHROOM- Suspicion. 

MUSTARD SEED- Indifference. 

MYRTLE- Love. 

Letter N

NARCISSUS -Egotism. 

NASTURTIUM- Patriotism. 

NETTLE -Cruelty; slander. 

NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS-Transient beauty. 

NIGHT SHADE- Bitter truth. 

Letter O

OAK- Hospitality. 

OATS - Music. 

OLEANDER-Beware. 

ORANGE BLOSSOM- Chastity. 

ORCHID-Beauty. 

Letter P

PANSY- Think of me.

PARSLEY-Entertainment. 

PASSION FLOWER- Religious fervor. 

PEA BLOSSOM-Appointed meeting. 

PEA SWEET -Departure. 

PEACH BLOSSOM- My heart is thine. 

PEAR TREE- Affection. 

PEONY -Anger. 

PENNYROYAL- Flee away. 

PERIWINKLE-Sweet memories. 

PETUNIA- Am not proud. 

PHLOX- Our souls united. 

PINE- Time. 

PINE APPLE- You are perfect. 

PINE SPRUCE -Farewell. 

PINK- Pure affection. 

PINK (CLOVE)- Dignity. 

PINK (DOUBLE RED)- Pure ardent love. 

PINK (MOUNTAIN)- You are aspiring. 

PINK (VARIEGATED) -Refusal. 

PINK (WHITE)- You are fair.

PINK (YELLOW)- Disdain. 

PLEURISY ROOT (ASCLOPIAS)- Heartache cure. 

POPPY- Consolation. 

POPPY( WHITE)- Sleep of the heart. 

POMEGRANATE- Foolishness. 

POMEGRANATE (FLOWER)- Elegance. 

PRIMROSE-Early youth. 

PRIVET-Mildness.

Letter R

RAGGED ROBIN (LYCHNIS) - Wit. 

REEDS- Music. 

RHODODENDRON -Agitation. 

ROSE-Beauty. 

ROSE (BRIDAL)- Happy love .

ROSE (CABBAGE)- Love's ambassador. 

ROSE (MOSS)- Superior merit. 

ROSEBUD-Confessed love. 

ROSEBUD (WHITE)- The heart that knows not love.

ROSE (SWEETBRIER)- Sympathy. 

ROSE (TEA)- Always lovely.

ROSE (WHITE)- I am worthy of you. 

ROSE (WHITE WITHERED)- Transient impression. 

ROSE (WILD)- Simplicity. 

ROSE (YELLOW)- Decrease of love. 

ROSE (YORK AND LANCASTER)- War. 

ROSES (GARLAND OF)- Reward of virtue. 

ROSEMARY-Remembrance. 

RUE- Disdain. 

RUSH- Docility.  

Letter S

SAGE- Esteem. 

SATIN FLOWER (LUNARIA)- Sincerity. 

SENSITIVE PLANT- Timidity. 

SNAP DRAGON- Presumption. 

SNOWBALL -Thoughts of heaven. 

SNOW DROP- Consolation. 

Letter T

THORN (BLACK)- Difficulty. 

THORNS- Severity. 

THYME- Activity. 

TRUMPET FLOWER- Separation. 

TUBEROSE -Dangerous pleasures. 

TULIP- Declaration of love. 

TULIP TREE- Rural happiness. 

TULIP (VARIEGATED)- Beautiful eyes. 

TULIP (YELLOW)- Hopeless love. 

Letter V

VENUS'S FLY TRAP- Caught at last. 

VERBENA- Sensibility. 

VINE- Intoxicating. 

VIOLET (BLUE)- Love. 

VIOLET (WHITE)- Modesty. 

VIOLET (YELLOW)- Modest worth. 

Letter W

WEEPING WILLOW- Forsaken. 

WHEAT- Prosperity. 

WOODBINE- Fraternal love. 

WOOD SORREL- Joy. 

WORMWOOD- Absence. 

Letter Y

YARROW- Cure for heartache. 

YEW- Sorrow. 

References:

1.Fortune Telling by MADAME XANTO

2.THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1868