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Abatina--Fickleness
Acacia--Concealed love, beauty in retirement, chaste love
Acacia(pink)--Elegance
Acacia(rose)--Friendship, platonic love
Acacia(yellow)--Secret love
Acanthus--Fine arts, artifice
Adonis--Sorrowful remembrances
Agrimony--Thankfulness
Allium --Good fortune
Almond Blossom--Indiscretion, stupidity, thoughtlessness
Aloe--Affliction, grief, bitterness
Amaranth --Immortality, unfading
Amaranth (globe)--Unchangeable
Amaryllis --Pride, pastoral poetry, splendid beauty
Ambrosia --Love returned
Anemone (garden)--Forsaken, anticipation
Anemone (meadow)--Sickness
Anemone (wood)--Forlornness
Angelica --Inspiration
Anthurium --Intense attraction
Apple --Temptation
Apple Blossom --Good fortune, preference
Arbor Vitae --Unchanging friendship
Arbutus --Thee only do I love
Arum --Ardor
Ash Tree --Grandeur
Aspen Tree --Lamentation
Aster (china)--Variety, afterthought, love, daintiness
Aster (double)--I share your sentiments
Aster (single)--I will think of it
Azalea --Take care of yourself for me, temperance, fragile passion

Baby's Breath --Pure of heart
Bachelor Button --Single blessedness, hope, celibacy
Balm --Sympathy
Balm (gentle)--Pleasantry
Balm of Gilead --Cure, relief, healing
Balsam --Impatience, ardent love
Barberry --Sourness, sharpness, ill temper, tartness
Basil --Hatred
Bay Leaf --I change but in death
Bay Tree (Laurel)--Glory
Bay Wreath --Reward of merit
Bearded Crepis --Protection
Beech Tree --Prosperity
Begonia --Beware, dark thoughts
Belladonna --Silence
Bell Flower (white)--Gratitude
Bells of Ireland --Good luck
Belvedere --I declare against thee
Betony --Surprize
Bilberry --Treachery
Bindweed (great)--Insinuation
Bindweed (small)--Humility
Birch Tree --Meekness, gracefulness
Bird-of-Paradise --Strange and wonderful
Bittersweet --Truth
Blackthorn --Difficulty
Bluebell --Constancy, humility, kindness
Borage --Bluntness, rudeness
Bouquet of Flowers --Gallantry
Box --Stoicism
Bramble --Lowliness, envy, remorse
Broom --Neatness, humility
Bugloss --Falsehood
Bulrush --Docility
Burdock --Importunity, touch me not
Buttercup --Childishness, cheerfulness, ingratitude

Cabbage --Gain, profit
Cabbage Rose --Ambassador of love
Cactus --Endurance
Calla Lily --Magnificent beauty, feminine beauty
Calycanthus --Compassion, benevolence
Camellia --Unpretending excellence, perfected loveliness
Camomile --Energy in adversity
Candytuft --Indifference
Canterbury Bells --Constancy, acknowledgement
Cardinal Flower --Distinction
Carnation (general)--Alas, my poor heart, fascination
Carnation (pink)--I'll never forget you, a woman's love
Carnation (red)--My heart aches for you, admiration
Carnation (white)--Remember me, sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love
Carnation (purple)--Capriciousness
Carnation (yellow)--You have disappointed me; rejection
Carnation (red)--My heart aches for you, admiration
Carnation (stiped)--Refusal, no
Catchfly --Pretended love, snare
Catchfly (red)--Youthful love
Catchfly (white)--Betrayal
Cattail --Peace, prosperity
Cedar leaf --I live for thee
Cedar of Lebanon --Strength, constancy
Celandine --Joys to come
Centaury --Felicity
Chaste Tree --Indifference, coldness, chastity
Cherry Tree --Education
Cherry Tree (white)--Deception
Chestnut (horse)--Luxury
Chestnut (sweet)--Do me justice
Chickweed --Rondezvouz
Chickweed (mouse-eared)--Ingeneous simplicity
Chicory --Frugality
Chrysanthemum (general)--Cheerfulness in adversity, rest
Chrysanthemum (white)--Truth
Chrysanthemum (red)--I love you
Chrysanthemum (yellow)--Slighted love
Cinquefoil --Maternal affection, beloved daughter
Clematis --Artifice, mental beauty
Clematis (evergreen)--Poverty
Clove Tree --Dignity
Clover (red)--Industry
Columbine --Folly
Columbine (purple)--Resolution
Columbine (red)--Anxious and trembling
Convolvulus --Bonds, uncertainty
Convolvulus (major)--Extinguished hope
Convolvulus (minor)--Night
Coreopsis --Always cheerful
Coriander --Concealed merit
Corn --Riches
Cornelian Cherry (Dogwood)--Duration, durability
Cornflower --Delicacy
Cowslip --Pensiveness, winning grace, early joys
Cowslip (American)--You are my angel, my devinity
Cranberry --Cure for heartache
Crane's Bill --Envy
Cresses --Stability
Crocus --Abuse not
Crocus (spring)--Youthful gladness, pleasures of hope
Crowfoot (Wild Ranunculus)--Ingratitude
Crown Imperial --Majesty, power
Cucumber --Criticism
Currents --You please all
Cyclamen --Resignation, good-bye
Cypress --Death, mourning

Daffodil --Regard
Daffodil (great yellow)--Chivalry
Dahlia --Dignity, instability
Daisy --Innocence
Daisy (double)--Participation
Daisy (garden)--I share your sentiments, I reciprocate your affection
Daisy (ox-eye)--A token
Daisy (parti-colored)--Beauty
Daisy (wreath of wild)--I will think of it
Damask Rose --Bashful love
Dandelion --Faithfulness, happiness, oracle, departure
Dead Leaves --Sadness, melancholy
Dock --Patience
Delphinium --Swiftness
Dogwood --Duration
Dogwood Blossom --Am I perfectly indifferent to you?
Dragonwort --Horror

Evening Primrose --Inconstancy
Everlasting --Always remembered

Fern --Fascination, sincerity
Fennel --Strength
Forget-Me-Not --True love, memories
Forsythia --Anticipation
Foxglove --Insincerity
Freesia --Calm
Fuschia --Good taste, humble love




Gardenia --Refinement, joy, secret love
Garlic --Courage, strength
Gathered Flowers --We die together
Gentian --You are unjust
Geranium (apple)--Present preference
Geranium (dark)--Melancholy, friendship
Geranium (fish)--Disappointed expectation
Geranium (ivy)--I engage you for the next dance
Geranium (nutmeg)--An expected meeting
Geranium (oak)--Lady, deign to smile
Geranium (pencil-leaved)--Ingenuity
Geranium (rose or pink)--Preference
Geranium (scarlet)--Comforting, stupidity, folly
Geranium (silver-leaved)--Recall
Geranium (wild)--Steadfast piety
Gerbera --Purity
Gillyflower --Unfading beauty, bonds of affection
Gladiolus --Strength of character, generosity
Glasswort --Pretension
Gloxinia --A proud spirit, love at first sight
Glycine --Your friendship is pleasing and agreeable to me
Goat's Rue --Reason
Goldenrod --Precaution
Gooseberry --Anticipation
Goosefoot --Goodness
Goosefoot (grass-leaved)--I declare war against you
Gorse --Enduring affection
Gourd --Extent, bulk
Grape Vine --Interference
Grass --Utility, submission
Guelder Rose (snowball tree)--Age, winter of age, good news

Harebell --Grief, submission
Hawkweed --Quick-sightedness
Hawthorn --Hope
Hazel --Reconciliation, peace
Heath --Solitude
Heather (purple)--Solitude, admiration
Heather (white)--Protection, wishes will come true
Helenium --Tears
Heliotrope --Devotion, faithfulness
Hellebore --Scandal, calumny
Hemlock --You will be my death
Hemp --Fate
Henbane --Imperfection
Hepatica --Confidence
Herb Archangel --Inspiration
Hibiscus --Delicate beauty
Holly --Defense, domestic happiness, foresight
Hollyhock --Fruitfulness, fecundity
Hollyhock (white)--Female ambition
Honesty --Honesty, sincerity
Honeyflower --Love, sweet and secret
Honeysuckle --Sweet disposition, generous and devoted affection
Honeysuckle (coral)--The color of my fate
Honeysuckle (French)--Rustic beauty
Honeysuckle (Woodbine)--Bond of love, domestic happiness
Honeysuckle (wild)--Inconstancy in love
Hop --Injustice
Horehound --Fire
Horse Chestnut Tree --Luxury
Hortensia --You are cold
Houseleek --Vivacity, domestic economy
Houstonia --Content
Hoya --Sculpture
Hyacinth (general)--Play, rashness
Hyacinth (purple)--I'm sorry, please forgive me, sorrow
Hyacinth (blue)--Constancy
Hyacinth (red or pink)--Play
Hyacinth (white)--I'll pray for you, loveliness
Hyacinth (yellow)--Jealousy
Hydrangea --Heartlessness, you are cold
Hyssop --Cleanliness

Ice Plant --Rejected addresses, your looks freeze me
Imperial Montague --Power
Iris --Faith, hope, wisdom and valor, message, my compliments
Iris (Fleur-de-Lis)--Ardour, flame
Iris (yellow)--Flame, passion
Ivy --Wedded love, fidelity, friendship, affection
Ivy Sprig with Tendrils --Assiduity to please

Japonica --Loveliness
Jasmine (Cape)--Transport of joy
Jasmine (Carolina)--Separation
Jasmine (Indian)--I attach myself to you
Jasmine (Spanish)--Sensuality
Jasmine (white)--Amiability
Jasmine (yellow)--Grace, elegance
Jonquil --Love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy
Judas Tree --Unbelief, betrayal
Juniper --Succour, protection, assylum
Justicia --The perfection of female loveliness
Kennedia --Mental beauty
Kingcup --I wish I were rich


Laburnum --Forsaken, pensive beauty
Lady's Mantle --Fashion
Lady's Slipper --Fickleness, capricious beauty
Lagerstraemia --Eloquence
Lantana --Rigour, sharpness
Larch --Audacity, boldness
Larkspur --Swiftness, lightness, levity
Larkspur (double)--Haughtiness
Larkspur (pink)--Fickleness
Laurel (Bay)--Glory
Laurel (common)--Perfidy
Laurel (mountain)--Ambition, glory
Laurel (spurge)--Coquetry, desire to please
Laurestina --A token, I die if neglected
Lavender --Distrust, mistrust
Lavender (sea)--Dauntlessness
Lemon --Zest
Lemon Blossom --Fidelity in love
Lettuce --Cold-hearted, coldness
Lichen --Dejection, solitude
Licorice (wild)--I declare against you
Lilac (field)--Humility
Lilac (purple)--The first emotions of love
Lilac (white)--Purity, modesty, youthful innocence
Lily (Day)--Coquetry
Lily (Eucharist)--Maiden charms
Lily (Imperial)--Majesty
Lily (orange)--Hatred
Lily (white)--Purity, virginity, majesty
Lily (Tiger)--Wealth, pride
Lily (yellow)--False and gay
Lily-Of-The-Valley --Return of happiness, sweetness, humility
Lime Tree (Linden)--Conjugal love
Liverwort --Confidence
Lobelia --Malevolence
Locust Tree --Elegance
Locust Tree (green)--Affection beyond the grave
Lotus --Eloquence
Lotus Flower --Estranged love
Lotus Leaf --Recantation
Love-in-a-Mist --Perplexity
Love-in-a-Puzzle --Embarrassment
Love-in-Idleness --Love at first sight
Love-Lies-Bleeding --Hopeless, not heartless
Lucerne --Life
Lupin --Voraciousness

Madder --Calumny
Madwort --Tranquility
Magnolia --Magnificence, dignity, nobility, love of nature
Magnolia (swamp)--Perseverence
Maidenhair --Descretion
Mallow (Syrian)--Consumed by love
Mallow (Venetian)--Delicate beauty
Mandrake --Horror, rarity
Maple --Reserve
Marigold --Cruelty, grief, jealousy, despair, sorrow
Marigold (African)--Vulgar-minded
Marigold (French)--Jealousy
Marigold (Small Cape)--Omen, presage
Marigold and Cypress --Despair
Marjoram --Blushes
Marsh Mallow --Benificence
Marvel-of-Peru --Timidity
Meadow Anemone --Sickness
Meadow Saffron (Autumn Crocus)--My best days are past
Meadowsweet --Uselessness
Mignonette --Your qualities surpass your charms
Milfoil (Yarrow)--War
Milkvetch --Your presence softens my pain
Milkwort --Hermitage
Mimosa --Secret love, sensitivity
Mint --Virtue
Mistletoe --Kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties
Mock Orange --Counterfeit, brotherly love
Monkhood --Beware, a deadly foe is near
Moonwort --Forgetfulness
Morning Glory --Affection
Moschatel --Weakness
Moss --Maternal love, charity
Moss (Iceland)--Health
Mosses --Ennui
Motherwort --Secret love
Mountain Ash --Prudence
Mugwort --Tranquility, happiness
Mulberry (black)--I will not survive you
Mulberry (white)--Wisdom
Mullien --Good nature
Mushroom --Suspicion
Mustard Seed --Indifference
Myrrh --Gladness
Myrtle --Love and marriage, everlasting love, fidelity
Narcissus (Poet's)--Egotism, formality
Narcissus (yellow)--Disdain
Nasturtium --Patriotism, conquest, victory in battle
Nettle --Cruelty
Nettle (stinging)--Slander
Nettle Tree --Concert, plan
Night-blooming Cereus --Transient beauty
Nightshade, Deadly (Belladonna)--Silence
Nightshade (Enchanter's)--Sorcery, scepticism, witchcraft, dark thoughts
Nightshade, Woody (Bittersweet)--Truth
Nosegay --Gallantry

Oak Leaf --Bravery and humility
Oak Tree --Hospitality
Oats --Music
Oleander --Caution, beware
Olive Leaves --Plenty, virtue
Olive Branch --Peach
Orange Blossom --Fertility and marriage, innocence, eternal love, chastity
Orange Tree --Generosity
Orchid --Love, beauty, refinement, mature charm
Ox-Eye --Patience


Palm Leaves --Victory, success
Pansy --Thoughtfulness, remembrance
Parsley --Festivity
Pasque-Flower Anemone --You have no claims
Passion Flower --Religious faith
Pea (everlasting)--An appointed meeting, lasting pleasure
Pea (sweet)--Departure
Peach Blossom --Captivation
Pear Tree --Comfort
Pennyroyal --Flee away
Peony --Shame, bashfulness, gay life, happy marriage
Peppermint --Warmth, cordiality
Periwinkle (blue)--Friendship, happy memories
Periwinkle (red)--Early friendship
Periwinkle (white)--Pleasant recollections
Persimmon --Bury me amid nature's beauties
Petunia --Resentment, anger, your presence soothes me, don't despair
Phlox --Unanimity, agreement
Pimpernel --Assignation, change
Pine (black)--Pity
Pine (pitch)--Time, philosophy
Pine (spruce)--Farewell, hope in adversity
Pineapple --Perfection, you are perfect
Pink --Boldness
Pink (carnation)--Woman's love
Pink (Indian double)--Always lovely
Pink (Indian single)--Aversion
Pink (mountain)--You are aspiring
Pink (red double)--Pure and ardent love
Pink (varigated)--Refusal
Pink (white)--Ingeniousness, talent
Plane Tree --Genious
Plum (Indian)--Privation
Plum Tree --Keep your promises
Plum Tree (wild)--Independence
Plumeria --Love while absent
Polyanthus --Pride of riches
Polyanthus (crimson)--The heart's mystery
Polyanthus (lilac)--Confidence
Pomegranate --Foolishness, foppishness
Pomegranate Flower --Mature elegance
Poplar (black)--Courage
Poplar (white)--Time
Poppy (general)--Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination
Poppy (red)--Pleasure
Poppy (white)--Consolation
Poppy (yellow)--Wealth, success
Potato --Benevolence
Pride of China --Dissension
Primrose --Consistency, youth, I can't live without you
Primrose (evening)--Inconstancy
Privet --Prohibition
Protea --Challenge of desire
Pumpkin --Bulkiness
Queen Anne's Lace --Self-reliance
Queen's Rocket --Fashionable, you are the queen of coquettes
Quince --Temptation

Ragged Robin --Wit
Ranunculus --I am dazzled by your charms
Ranunculus (asiatic)--Your charms are resplendent
Ranunculus (garden)--You are rich in attractions
Ranunculus (wild)--Ingratitude
Raspberry --Remorse
Reed --Complaisance
Reed (feathery)--Indiscretion
Reed (flowering)--Confidence in heaven
Reeds --Music
Rhododendron --Danger
Rhubarb --Advice
Rocket --Rivalry
Rockrose --Safety
Rose (bridal)--Happy love
Rose (Christmas)--Anxiety
Rose (dark crimson)--Mourning
Rose (leaf)--You may hope
Rose (pink)--Perfect happiness, please believe me
Rose (red)--Love, I love you
Rose (single full bloom)--I love you
Rose (tea)--I'll remember always
Rose (thornless)--Love at first sight
Rose (white)--Innocence, purity, secrecy, silence
Rose (white & red together)--Unity
Rose (yellow)--Decrease of love, jealousy
Rosebud (general)--Beauty & youth, a heart innocent of love
Rosebud (moss)--Confessions of love
Rosebud (red)--Pure and lovely
Rosebud (white)--Girlhood
Rose (single)--Simplicity
Roses (bouquet of full bloom)--Gratitude
Rosebay (Oleander) --Beware
Rosemary --Remembrance, commitment, fidelity
Rudbeckia --Justice
Rue --Disdain
Rushes --Docility

Saffron --Do not abuse, beware of excess
Saffron Crocus --Mirth
Sage --Esteem, domestic virtue
Sardony --Irony
Satinflower --Sincerity
Scabious --Unfortunate love
Scabious (sweet)--Widowhood
Scotch Thistle --Retaliation
Sea Thrift --Sympathy
Service Tree --Prudence
Shamrock --Lightheartedness, Ireland
Smilax --Loveliness
Snakesfoot --Horror
Snapdragon --Deception, gracious lady, no
Snowball --Thoughts of heaven, bound
Snowdrop --Consolation
Sorrel --Parental affection
Sorrel (wild)--Wit, ill-timed
Sorrel (wood)--Joy, maternal tenderness
Southernwood --Jest, bantering
Spearmint --Warmth of sentiment
Speedwell --Female fidelity
Speedwell (Germander)--Facility
Speedwell (spiked)--Semblance
Spider Flower --Elope with me
Spiderwort --Esteem, but not love; transient happiness
Star of Bethlehem --Guidance, purity
Stephanotis --Bride's good luck flower
St. John's Wort --Animosity
Stock --Bonds of affection, promptness
Stonecrop --Tranquility
Stramonium --Disguise
Strawberry --Perfect excellence
Strawberry Tree --Esteem and love
Sunflower --Adoration, haughtiness, false riches
Swallow-wort --Cure for headache
Sweet Alyssum --Worth beyond beauty
Sweetbrier --Simplicity
Sweetbrier (yellow)--Decrease of love
Sweet Chestnut Tree --Do me justice
Sweet Flag --Fitness
Sweetpea --Good-bye, departure, blissful pleasure, lasting pleasure
Sweet Sultan --Felicity
Sweet Sultan Flower --Widowhood
Sweet William --Gallantry, dexterity
Sycamore --Curiosity, reserve
Syringa --Memory
Syringa, Carolina --Disappointment


Tamarisk --Crime
Tansy --I declare against you
Tendrils of Climbing Plants --Ties
Thistle (common)--Austerity, Scotland
Thistle (Scotch)--Retaliation
Thorn (branch)--Severity
Thorn-Apple --Deceitful charms
Thrift --Sympathy
Throatwort --Neglected beauty
Thyme --Activity
Tiger Flower --For once may pride befriend me
Toothwort --Secret love
Touch-Me-Not --Impatient resolve
Trefoil --Revenge
Truffle --Surprize
Tuberose --Dangerous pleasure, voluptuousness, sweet voice
Tulip (general)--Perfect love, fame
Tulip (red)--Declaration of love
Tulip (yellow)--Hopeless love
Turnip --Charity

Valerian --Accomodating disposition
Valerian (Greek)--Rupture, warfare
Valerian (red)--Readiness
Venus's Looking-Glass --Flattery
Veronica --Fidelity
Vervain --Enchantment
Vetch --Shyness
Vine --Drunkenness
Violet (blue)--Watchfulness, I'll always be true
Violet (purple)--You occupy my thoughts
Violet (sweet)--Modesty
Violet (white)--Let's take a chance on happiness
Violet (wild)--Love in idleness
Virgin's Bower --Filial love
Viscaria (white)--Will you dance with me?

Wallflower --Fidelity in adversity
Wallflower (garden)--Lasting beauty
Walnut --Intellect, stratagem
Water Lily --Eloquence, purity of heart
Wheat --Prosperity
Willow --Forsaken
Willow (water)--Freedom
Willow (weeping)--Mourning
Wisteria --I cling to thee, welcome
Wolfsbane --Misanthropy
Woodruff --Modest worth
Wood Sorrel --Joy, maternal tenderness
Wormwood --Absence

Yarrow --War
Yew --Sadness

Zephyr Flower --Expectation
Zinnia (mixed)--Thinking of an absent friend, remembrance
Zinnia (magenta)--Lasting affection
Zinnia (scarlet)--Constancy
Zinnia (white)--Goodness
Zinnia (yellow)--Daily remembrance