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Abecedary Abatina Acacia

.

Volubility. Fickleness.

Friendship.
.

Acacia, Rose or White

Acacia, Yellow

Elegance. Secret love.

Acanthus
Acalia
Achillea Millefolia

The fine arts. Temperance.

A rtifice.

Aconite (Wolfsbane) Aconite, Crowfoot

.

War. Misau th ropy.

Lustre.

Adonis, Flos African Marigold

.

Painful recollections. Vulgar minds.

Coldness.
Indifference.

Agnus Castus Agrimony Almond (Common).

Thankfulness.
Stupidity.

Gratitude.
.

Indiscretion

Almond (Flowering)
Almond, Laurel
Allspice
.

Hope. Perfidy Compassion.

Grief.

Aloe
Althaea

Religious superstition.

trutex
.

(Syrian

Mallow) Alyssum (Sweet) Amaranth (Globe) Amaranth (Cockscomb)

.
.

Persuasion.
1 mmortatity.
.

Worth beyond beauty. Unfading

Affectation.

lore.

]'oppery.

Amaryllis

Pride.

Timidity.

Splendid

beauty.

Ambrosia American American American American

Amethysi

Love returned.
Cowslip
.

Elm
Linden
Staruort
.

Divine beauty. Patriotism.

l\latrimony.

Welcome

a stranger. to Cheerfulness in old a^ e.

Expectation.

Admiration.
,

Anemone (Zephyr Flower) Anemone (Garden).

Angelica

Sickness.

Forsaken.
Inspiration.

Angrec Apple Apple (Blossom)

Apple, 1 horn

....
.

Royalty. Temptation.
Preference.

Fame

sj

caks

him

great and good. Dcceitjul charms.

Deceit.

Apocynum
Arbor Vitas

(Dog's Vane;

Unchanging Friendsh ip. Live Jor me.

Arum (Wake Robin)

Ash-leavud Trumpet Flower

A rdour.
Separation.

Ash Tree
Aspen Tree
Aster (China)

Crandeur. Lamentation.
Variety.

Afterthought.

Asphodel
Auricula
.

My
.

regrets follow you to the

grave.
Auricula, Scarlet

Painting. Avarice.

Austurtium Azalea

Splendour.

Temperance.

Bachelor's Buttons

Celibacy.

Balm
Balm, Gentle Balm of Gilead
.

Sympathy.
Pleasantry. Cure. Relief.
,

Balsam,

Red

Touch me

not.

Impatient

resolves.

Balsam, Yellow Barberry Barberry Tree

Basil

Bay Leaf Bay (Rose) Rhododendron Bay Tree Bay Wreath

.

Impatience. Sourness of temper. Sharpness. Hatred. I change lut in death.

Danger.
Glory.

Bci'jare.

Reward of merit.
Protection.

'.carded Crepis

Beech Tree Bee Orchis Bee Ophrys

Belladonna
Bell Flower,

Prosperity.

Industry.
.

Error.
Silence
.

Pyramidal

Bell Flower (small white)

Constancy. Gratitude.

Belvedere

/ declare against you.

Surprise.

Betony
Bilberry

Bindweed, Great Bindweed, Small

Birch
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Bittersweet
;

Treachery. Insinuation.

Humility. Meekness.
Revenge. Truth.
Courage.
Difficulty.

Nightshade
.

Black Poplar Blackthorn Bladder Nut Tree

Frivolity.

Amusement.

Bluebottle (Centaury) . Bluebell . Blue- flowered Greek Valerian

Delicacy.

Constancy.

Rupture.
Goodness. Bluntness. Stoicism.

Borus Henncus

Borage Box Tree Bramble Branch of Currants Branch of Thorns Bridal Rose .
.
.

...

Lowliness.

Envy.
all.

Remorse

You please
Severity,

Rigour.
Neatness.
love.

Happy
Calm

love.

Broom

Humility.
re-pose.

Buckbean Bud of White Rose

Bugloss Bulrush

Heart ignorant of
Falsehood.
Indiscretion.
their

Docility.

Bundle of Reeds, with

Panicles
. .

Music.
Importunity. Ingratitude.
Gaiety.

Burdock

Touch me

not.

Buttercup Kingcup) Butterfly Orchis

(

Childishness.

Butterfly

Weed

Let me go.

10

Cabbage
Cacalia

Cactus

.... .... ....

.
.

Profit.

Adulation.

Warmth.
Magnificent Beauty.
Benevolence.

Calla vEthiopica

Calycanthus Camellia Japonica, Red Camellia Japonica, White

Unpretending excellence.
Perfected loveliness.

Camomile Canary Grass

Energy

in adversity.

Perseverance.
Indifference.

Candytuft Canterbury Bell Cape Jasmine Cardamine

.

v
.

Acknowledgement. I'm too happy. Paternal error.

Carnation,

Deep Red
. .

A las

for

my poor heart.

Carnation, Striped Carnation, Yellow

Refusal. Disdain.
ii

Cardinal Flower
Catchfly
Catchfly,
Catchfly,
.

Distinction.

Snare.

Red
White
.

Yoiitliful love.

Betrayed.
Strength.
Incorruptible.

Cedar Cedar of Lebanon Cedar Leaf

Celandine (Lesser) Cereus (Creeping)

J
.

live for thce.

to come.

Joys

J\lodest genius.

Centaury

Delicacy.
.

Champignon
Chequered Cherry Tree

Fritillary
.

Suspicion. Persecution.

Good education.
Deception.

Cherry Tree, "White Chesnut Tree Chickweed

.

Do me justice. L uxury.
Rendezvous.
Frugality.
}

China China China China China

Chicory Aster
.

ariety.
it.

Aster,

Double

1 partake your sentiments.

1 will think of Aversion.

Aster, Single or Indian Pink

Rose

Beauty always new.

Cheerfulness under adversity. Relieve my anxiety.

Chinese Chrysanthemum Christmas Rose

Chrysanthemum, Red Chrysanthemum, White Chrysanthemum, Yellow

Cinquefoil Circaea
Cistus, or
Cistus,

love.

Truth.
Slighted love.
I\Iaternal affection.
Spell. Popu la r favo n r.

Citron

Clematis

Clematis, Evergreen

Clotbur Cloves
Clover,

.... Gum .... .... .... ....

Rock Rose
.
.

I shall die to-morrow. Ill-natured beauty. Alental beauty.

Poverty.

R udeness.
Dignity. Be mine.

Pertinacity.

Clover, Four-leaved

Red
,

Industry.

Clover, White

Think of me.
Gossip.
J-'oppery.

Cobaea

Cockscomb Amaranth

Affectation.

Singularity.
12

Colchicum,
Saffron
Coltsfoot

or

Meadow

My best days arc fast.

.

Justice shall
Folly.

l>e

done.

Columbine
Columbine, Pnrple Columbine, Red Convolvulus Convolvulus, Blue (Minor)
.

Resolved

to

win.

Anxious and trembling.

Bonds.
Repoxe.
\ight.
/ia/>cs.

Convolvulus, Major
Convolvulus, Pink
.

Extinguished

IVortk sustained by judicious and tender affect for..

Corchorus
Coreopsis
Coreopsis Arkansa
.

Impatient of absence.

Always

cheerful.

Coriander

Corn Corn, Broken Corn Straw Corn Bottle Corn Cockle Cornel Tree
Coronella

....
.
.

Lore at first sight. Hidden -wertli.

Riches.

Quarrel.

Agreement.
Delicacy.
Gentility.

Duration.
Success
<

rouni your wishes.

Cowslip

Pensiveiicss.

Cowslip, American

Divine beautydivinity.

Winning grace. You are my

^Ti S
o.
ri

Cranberry Creeping Cereus

Cress

Crocus

.... ....

Cure for heartache. Horror. Stability. Power. Abuse not.

J 'o u tlifu I gladness. Mirth. Majesty. Power.

Crocus, Spring Crocus, Saffron

Crown Imperial

7/

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Crowsbill

En-.'y.

Crowfoot Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved)

Jngratititdt.

Cuckoo Plant
Currant Cuscuta Cypress

L iistrc. A rdour.
Unseating re)>icilancc. Thy froivn will kill me. Meanness.
Diffidence.

Cudweed, American
.

....

Cyclamen
.

Death.

Mourning.

Daffodil

Dahlia

....
.
.

Regard.
Instability.

Daisy
Daisy, Garden Daisy, Michaelmas

Innocence.

I share your sentiments

Farewell.

Daisy, Party-coloured Daisy, Wild .

Damask Rose
Dandelion

Beauty. I -will think of It. Brilliant complexion. Rustic oracle.

Daphne Odora
Darnel (Ray grass). Dead Leaves
.

Painting the
Vice

lily.

Dew

Plant Dittany of Crete Dittany of Crete, White

.

Dock

Sadness. A Serenade. Birth. Passion. Patience.

Baseness.
Deceit.

Dodder of Thyme Dogsbane

Falsehood.

Dogwood
Dragon Plant
Dragonwort
Dried Flax
.

Durability. Snare.

Horror.
Utility.

v_

Ebony Tree
.

Blackness.
I wound to Poetry. Zealonsness.
Iteal.

Eglantine (Sweetbrurr) Elder

Elm
Enchanter's Nightshade

Dignity.

Endive

Eupatorium Evernowering Candytuft Evergreen Clematis Evergreen Thorn

.

Witchcraft. Frugality. Delay.

Indifference.

Sorcery.

Everlasting

Poverty. Solace in adversity. Never-ceasing remembrance.

Everlasting Pea

Lasting pleasure.

16

Fennel Fern

Worthy
}

all praise.

Stra:: *i,

Fascination.
'our looks freeze me.

Ficoides, Ice Plant

Argument.
Fig Marigold Fi^ Tree
Filbert
. .

Idleness.
Prolific.

Fir

Fir Tree

..... ....
. .
.

Reconciliation

Time.
Elevation.

Flax
Flax-leaved Goldy-locks Fleur-de-Lis
.

Domestic Industry.

Fate.

I feel your kindness. Tardiness. I burn. I-'lanie.

Fire.

Fleur-de-Luce

Flnwering Fern
1'

Reverie.

lowering Reed

Flo\ver-of-an-Hour Fly Orchis

Confidence in Delicate beauty. Error.

Flytrap

Deceit.
Silliness.

Fool's Parsley

Forget Me Not Foxglove Foxtail Grass French Honeysuckle French Marigold French Willow
. .

True

love.

Forget

we

not.

Insincerity.

Sporting. R us tic beatify.

Jealousy.

Bravery and humanity.

Disgust.

Frog Ophrys

Fuller's Teasel

Misan th ropy
Spleen. Taste.

Fumitory
Fuchsia, Scarlet

18

Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden

Anemone
Chervil

Forsaken.
Sincerity,

Daisy Marigold Ranunculus

. .
.

I partake your sentiments.

Uneasiness.

Sage Garland of Roses

You arc rick in attractions. Esteem.

Reivard of
.

virtue.

Germander Speedwell Geranium, Dark

Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium, Geranium,
Ivy

Facility.

Melancholy.

Bridal favour.
.

Lemon Nutmeg

Oak-leaved
Pencilled

Unexpected meeting. Expected meeting. True friendship.

Ingenuity.
Preference.

Rose-scented
Scarlet
.

Comforting.
Recall.

Stupidity.

Silver-leaved

Wild

Steadfast piety.

Gillyflower

Ho iitis of

affection.

Glory Flower

Glorious beauty.

Rue Golden Rod

Goat's

Reason. Precaution.
Anticipation.

Gooseberry

Gourd
Grape, Wild Grass Guelder Ro.-c

Extent,

Bulk.
Utility.

Charity. Submission.

Winter.

Age,

Hand Flower Tree

Harebell

Warning.
.

Hawk weed
Hawthorn
Hazel

Heath Helenium

Heliotrope Hellebore

Helmet Flo\ver (Monkhood). Hemlock

Hemp
Henbane
Hepatica Hibiscus

.... .... .... .... .... ..... .... ....

.
.
.

.Submission.

Grief.

Quicksightedness.

Hope.
Reconciliation.

Solitude.

Tears. Devotion.

1- 'a

itkfu Iness.

Scandal.
I\~
J

Calumny.

night-errantry. ~ou mill be nty dcaili.

rate.
Imperfection,
Confidence. Delicate beauty.
Foresight.

Holly

Holly Herb Hollyhock

Enchantment.
Ambition.
Ifonesly.

Honesty

.....

Fecundity. Fascination.

Honey Flower
Honeysuckle Honeysuckle Coral Honeysuckle (French)
.

Love sweet and secret. Generous and derated affection.

The colour of my fate.

Rustic beauty.
Injustice.

Hop
Hornbeam
Horse Chesntit
Hortensia

Ornament. Luxury. You are cold.

Vivacity.

Houseleek Houstonia

Domestic industry

Content.

Hoya Humble

Sculpture.
Plant

Hundred-leaved Rose

Hyacinth
Hyacinth, White
.

Despondency. Dignity of mind. Sport. Game. Play. Unobtrusive loveliness.

Hydrangea Hyssop
.

boaster.

Pleartlessncss.

Cleanliness.

Iceland Moss Ice Plant

Health.

Your looks freeze me

Poiver,

Imperial Montague Indian Cress .

Indian Jasmine (Ipomcea) Indian Pink (Double) Indian Plum

Iris
Iris,
.

Warlike trophy. Attachment,

Always

lovely.

Privation.

Message.

German
.

Flame.
Fidelity.

Ivy

Marriage.
to please.

Ivy, Sprig of, with tendrils

Assiduous

Jacob's Ladder

Come

doivn.
is

Japan Rose Jasmine Jasmine, Cape

.

Beauty

your only

attraction.

A miabiliiy.
.

Jasmine, Carolina Jasmine, Indian

Jasmine, Spanish Jasmine, Yellow Jonquil
.

Transport of joy. Separation.

1 attach myself
.

to

you.

Sensuality.

Grace and elegance. I desire a return of affection.

Unbelief.

Judas Tree
Juniper
Justicia
. .

Betrayal.
Protection.

Succour.

The perfection of female

loveliness.

Kennedia
King-cups

Mental Beauty. Desire q/ R

Laburnum
Lady's Slipper
Lagerstrsemia, Indian

Forsaken.

Pensive Beauty.

Capricious Beauty. and ivear me.

.

Win me

Lantana
Larcli

.... ....
.

Eloquence.

Rigour.

A iidacify.
Lightness. Fickleness.

Boldness.

Larkspur Larkspur, Pink

Larkspur, Purple Laurel
Laurel,

Levity.

....
in flower
.

Haughtiness.
Glory.

Common,

Laurel, Ground Laurel, Mountain

Perfidy. Perseverance.

An bit ion.
i

Laurel-leaved Magnolia. Laurestina

Dignity.

token.

I die if neglected.

Lavender Leaves (dead)

Distrust.

Melancholy.
Zest.
.

Lemon Lemon Blossoms

.

Fidelity in love.
Cold-It eat -tedness.

Lettuce

Lichen

....
.

Dejection.

Solitude.

26

Lilac, Field Lilac, Purple Lilac,

Humility*
First emotions of love. Youthful Innocence.

White

Lily,

Day
White
Yellow
.

Coquetry.

-.

Lily, Imperial

Majesty.
.

Lily,
Lily,

Lily of the Valley

Sweetness. ritrity. Falsehood. Gaiety. Return of happiness.

Linden or Lime Trees

Lint

Conjugal love. I feel my obligations.

Live Oak Liverwort

Licorice, Wild

L iberty.
Confidence.

I declare against yon.

Malevolence.
.

Lobelia Locust Tree Locust Tree (green

.

Elegance.
Affection beyond the grave.
Frivolity.

London Pride
Lote Tree Lotus Lotus Flower Lotus Leaf Love in a Mist
.

Concord.
Eloquence.

Estranged

love.

Recantation.
.

Love lies Bleeding Lucern

.

Perplexity. Hopeless^ not heartless.

Life.

Lupine

Voraciousness.

Ita

ina tion.

Bladder

Magnolia
Magnolia,

Calumny. Love of

Swamp

Mallow
.Mallow,

Perseverance. Mildness.
Beneficence.

Marsh
.

Mallow, Syrian Mallow, Venetian Manchineal Tree

Consumed by
.

Itrve.

Indicate beauty. Falsehood.

Mandrake Maple
Marigold. Marigold, African Marigold, French Marigold, Prophetic Marigold and Cypress
.

Horror.
Reset-je.

Grief.
I

'nlgar minds.

Jealousy. Prediction.

Despair.
Blushes.

Marjoram Marvel of Peru

Timidity.
28

Meadow LychnN Meadow Saffron

Meadowsweet
Mercury

Wit.

My

I'tst

nays arr

pa.sf.

....
.
. .
, .

Usclessness.

Goodness.
Idleness.

Mesembryanthemum
Mezereon Michaelmas Daisy
Mignionette
Milfoil
.
.

Desire to please.
.

{ftertlwught.

Your

qualities surpass cliarms.

n>ur

Milkvetch Milkwort

War. Your presence

.
. .

softens

my pains

Hermitage.
Sensitiveness.

Mimosa (Sensitive
Mint
Mistletoe
.

Plant)

Virtue.

/ surmount
Flower).

difficulties.

Mock Orange
Moon wort
Moschatel

Monkshood (Helmet
.

Counterfeit. Ch iva Iry. Kn iglit-ei -ra n try.

Forgetfulness.
Affectation.

Morning Glory

Moss
Mosses

....
.

Weakness. .Maternal lore.

Ennui.
Affection.

Mossy Saxifrage
Mother wort Mountain Ash

Concealed Prudence.

love.

Mourning Bride
Mouse-eared Chick weed Mouse-eared Scorpion Gra?>

L'nfortunate attachment.

/ have
.

lost all.

Ingenuous simplicity. Forget me not.

Agitation.
Tranquillity.

Moving Plant

Mud wort
Mugwort

Mulberry Tree (Black) Mulberry Tree f White/

Happiness. I shall not survive you.

Wisdom.
.

Mushroom

Suspicion

Musk

Plant

Weakness.
Ind'fference.

Mustard Seed

Myrobalan

Privation.
Gladness.

Myrrh
Mvrtle

Love.

29

Narcissus

Nasturtium
Nettle, Burning

Egotism. Patriotism. Slander.

Concert.

Nettle Tree Night-blooming Cereu.'

.

Transient
beauty.

Night Convolvulus Nightshade .

Night. Truth.

Oak Leaves Oak Tree Oak (White)

Oats Oleander
Olive

Bravery.
Hospitality.

Independent. The witching soul of musicBeware.

Peace.

Orange Blossoms Orange Flowers Orange Tree

.

Your purity equals your

loveliness.

Chastity.
Generosity.

Bridal Jcsti-riiies.

Orchis Osier

Belle.

Frankness.
.

Osmunda Ox Eye

Dreams.
Patience.

Palm
Pansy
Parsley
.

"ictory.

Thoughts.
Festivity.

Pasque Flower Passion Flower

Patience

You have no

claims.

Dock

Pea, Everlasting
Pea, Sweet

Religions superstition. Patience. An appointed mceti>;.

Lasting Departure.

I' leas lire'.

Peach

Your
I

qualities,

like

your

charms, are unequalled.

Peach Blossom
Pear Pear Tree

am your captive.

Affection.

Pennyroyal

Comfort. Flee away.

Peony
Peppermint
Periwinkle, Blue Periwinkle, White Persicaria

Shame.

Bashfillness.

U'arnith of feeling.

Early friendship. Pleasures of memory.

Restoration.
32

Persimon
Peruvian Heliotrope
Pheasant's

Bury me amid Natures

beauties.

Devotion.

Eye
.

Remembrance.
Unanimity.
Indifference.

Phlox

Pigeon Berry Pimpernel Pine

Pine-apple Pine, Pitch
Pine, Spruce

Change.
Pity.

Assignation.

You are perfect.

Philosophy.
.

Pink
Pink, Carnation
Pink, Indian, Double
Pink, Indian, Single Pink, Mountain

in adversity. Boldness.

Hope

Woman's love. Always lovely.

Aversion. Aspiring.

Pink, Red, Double

Pink, Single
.

Pure and ardent Pure love.

.

love.

Pink, Variegated Pink, White Plane Tree Plum, Indian

. .

Refusal.
Ingeniousness. Genius.

Talent.

Privation.
Fidelity.

Plum Tree
Plum, Wild
Polyanthus
Polyanthus, Crimson
.

Independence.

Pride of riches.

The

heart's mystery.

Polyanthus, Lilac

Pomegranate

Confidence. Foolishness.

Pomegranate, Flower Poplar, Black

Poplar, White Poppy, Red Poppy, Scarlet Poppy, White
.

Mature

elegance.

Courage. Time.
Consolation.

Fantastic extravagance.
Sleep.

My

bane.

My

antidote.

Potato

Benevolence.

33

Prickly Pear Pride of China

.

Satire.

Dissension.

Primrose
Primrose, Evening

Early youth. Inconstancy.

Un/>atronizcd merit.
Prohibition.

Primrose,
Privet

Red

Purple Clover Pyrus Japonica

Provident. Fairies fire.

34

Quaking-Grass Quamoclit Queen's Rocket

Agitation.
.

Busybody. You are the queen of coquettes. Fashion.

Temptation.

Quince

35

Ragged Robin Ranunculus Ranunculus, Garden Ranunculus, Wild

.
.

Wit.

Yon are radiant with charms. Yon arc rich in attractions.

Ingratitude.

Raspberry Ray Grass

Remorse.
I'icc.
.

Red

Catchfly

Reed
Reed, Split
.

Youthful love. Complaisance.

Indiscretion.

Music.

Rhododendron (Rosebay) Rhubarb Rocket Rose

.

Danger.
Advice.

Beware.

Rose, Austrian

Rivalry. Love. Thoit art all that

is lovely.

Rose, Bridal Rose, Burgundy Rose, Cabbage

.

Happy

love.

Unconscious beauty.

A mbassador of love.
Only deserve my love. Love is dangerous. Beauty always new.
Tranquillize

Rose, Campion Rose, Carolina Rose, China Rose, Christmas

.

my anxiety.

Rose, Daily Rose, Damask

Thy smile I aspire to. Brilliant complexion.

Bashful shame.
Pleasure and pain. Winter. Age.
.

Rose, Rose,

Deep Red

Dog

Rose, Guelder Rose, Hundred-leaved

Rose, Japan
.

Pride.

Rose, Maiden Blush

Beauty is your only attraction. If you love me, you mill find it
out.

Rose, Multiflora Rose,

Rose,

Grace.
Variety. Capricious beauty.

Mundi

. .

Musk

Rose, Musk, Rose, Single Rose, Thornless

.

Cluster

Charming.
Simplicity.

Early attachment.
Call

Rose, Unique Rose, White

me

not beautiful.

Rose, White (withered) Rose, Yellow

....
.

I am worthy of you. Transient impressions. Decrease of love. Jealously.

Rose, York and Lancaster Rose, Full-blown, placed over

War.
Secrecy.

Rose,

two Buds White

together.
.

and
-

Red
Unity.

Roses,

Crown of

Reward of virtue.
Pure and
Girlhood.
Confession
lovely.

Rosebud, Red Rosebud, White Rosebud, Moss Rosebay (Rhododendron)

.

of love.
Danger.

Beware.
Justice.

Rosemary Rudbeckia

Remembrance.
Disdain.
Docility.

Rue Rush Rye Grass

Changeable disposition

37

Saffron

Beware of
Mirth.

excess.

Saffron Crocus
Saffron,

Meadow
.

My happiest days arc past.

Domestic virtue. Esteem.
Agitation.

Sage
Sage, Garden
Sainfoin
.

Saint John's Wort

Animosity.
.

Superstition.

Sardony
Scabious

Irony.
Affection.

Saxifrage,
.

Mossy

Scabious, Sweet Scarlet Lychnis

Unfortunate Widowhood.

lore.

Sunbeaming

eyes.

Schinus Scotch Fir

.

Sensitive Plant

Religions enthusiasm. Elevation. Delicate feelings. Sensibility.

Indifference. Light heariedness.

Senvy Shamrock
Snakesfoot

Horror.

Snapdragon Snowball

I' resumption.

Bound.
Hope.
Affection.
.

Snowdrop
Sorrel
Sorrel,
Sorrel,

Wild

Wit
JoyJest.

ill-timed.

Wood

Southernwood
Spanish Jasmine Spearmint Speedwell Speedwell, Germander Speedwell. Spiked
.

Bantering.

Sensuality. ll'armth of sentiment.

Female fidelity.
Facility.

Semblance.
Adroitness.

Spider,

Ophrvs

Spiderwort Spiked Willow Herb Spindle Tree

.

Esteem not
Pretension.

lore.

Your charms arc engraven on

my
Star of Bethlehem
.

heart.

Purity.

Starwort

Aftertho ugh t.
Cheerfulness in old age.

Starwort, American

Stock
Stock,

Ten Week

Lasting beauty. Promptness.

Tranquillity.

Stonecrop Straw, Broken

Straw,

Rupture of a
.

contract.

Whole

Union.

Strawberry Tree Sumach, Venice

Sunflower, Dwarf Sunflower, Tall
.

Esteem and
Splendour.

lore.

Intellectual

excellence.

Adoration.

Haughtiness.

Swallow-wort

Sweet Basil

Cure for heartache. Good wishes.

Simplicity.

Sweetbrier, American Sweetbrier, European

Sweetbrier, Yellow

I ivound to heal. Decrease of love.

Delicate pleasures.
Felicity.

Sweet Pea Sweet Sultan Sweet William

Gallantry.
Curiosity.

Sycamore
Syringa
.

Memory.
.

Syringa, Carolina

Disappointment.

39

Tamarisk
Teasel Tendrils
Thistle,

Crime.
.

Tansy (Wild).
of

....
.

I declare war against you

Misan th ropy.

Climbing Plants Ties.

Common
.

A usterity.
Misan th ropy*
Retaliation.

Thistle, Fuller's

Thistle, Scotch

Thorn Apple Thorn, Branch

Thrift

Deceitful charms.
of

Severity.

Sympathy.
.

Throat wort

Neglected
Activity.

beaiity.

Thyme.
Tiger Flower
Traveller's

For once may pride befriend me.

.

Joy

Safety.

Tree of Life
Trefoil
.

Old age.
Revenge.

40

Tremella Nestoc
Trillium Pictum
Truffle
.

Resistance.

Modest beauty.
Surprise.
.

Trumpet Flower
Tuberose
Tulip
Tulip,

Fame. Dangerous pleasures. Fame.

Declaration of Beautiful eyes. Homeless love. Charity.
love.

Red

.
.

Tulip, Variegated
Tulip, Yellow

Turnip

Tussilage (Sweet-scented)

Justice shall be done you.

Valerian
Valerian,

An

accommodating

disposition.

Greek

R up t tire.
.

Venice Sumach
Venus' Car Venus' Looking-glass Venus' Trap

Intellectual excellence

Splendour.
.

Fly unth me.

Flattery. Deceit.

Vernal Grass Veronica

.

Poor, but happy.

Fidelity.

Vervain Vine Violet, Blue

.

Enchantment.
.

Intoxication.

Faithfulness.
Il

Violet,

Dame
Yellow

r a

tchfu In ess.

Violet, Su-eet Violet,

Modesty.

Virginian Spiderwort

Rural happiness. Momentary happiness.

.

Bower Volkamenia
Virgin's

Filial lore.

May yon

be happy.

Walnut
Wall-flower
.

Intellect.

Stratagem.

Water Lily Water Melon

Fidelity in adversity. Purity of heart.

Bulkiness.
Susceptibility.

Wax

Plant
Stalk
.

Wheat Whin
White White White White White White White

Riches.

Anger.
Jasmine
Lily

A miableness.
Purity and Modesty.
.

Mullein

Good nature.
Independence. Talent.

Oak
Pink
Poplar
.

Time.

Rose

(dried)

Death preferable to loss

of innocence.
Treason.

Whortleberry Willow, Creeping Willow, Water

.

Love forsaken.
Freedom.

43

Willow, Weeping

Mourning.
Pretension.
.

Willow-Herb Willow, French Winter Cherry Witch Hazel

.
.

Bravery and humanity.

Deception.

spell.

Woodbine

Fraternal
Joy.

love.

Wood Sorrel Wormwood

Maternal

tenderness.

A bsence.

44

Xanthium Xeranthemum

Ruaeness. Pertinacity. Cheerfulness under adversity.

45

Yew

Sorrow

Zephyr Flower
Zinnia
.

Expectation.

Thoughts of absent friends

47

Absence

Wormwood.
Croc-ns.
.

Abuse not Acknowledgment

Activity

Admiration Adoration
Adroitness Adulation

Canterbury Bell. Thyme. Amethyst. Dwarf Sunflower Spider Ophrys.

Cacalia.

Advice

Affection Affection Affection Affection beyond the grave Affection, maternal Affectation Affectation
.
.

Rhubarb. Mossy Saxifrage.

Pear.
Sorrel. Green Locust.

Cinquefoil.

Cockscomb An;aranth.

Morning Glory.
Michaelmas Daisy.
Starwort.

Afterthought Afterthought Afterthought

Agreement

China Aster. Straw.

.

Age
Alas
!

Guelder Rose.

Agitation Agitation
for

Moving Plant.
Sainfoin.

my poor heart
.

Deep Red Carnation.

Coreopsis.

Always cheerful Always lovely Ambassador of love

48

Indian Pink (double). Cabbage Rose.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Amiability

Anger

Animosity

Anticipation

Anxious and trembling Ardour

..... .... .... .....

.
. .
.

Jasmine.

Whin.
St. John's

Wort.

Red
Fig.

Gooseberry.

Columbine. Cuckoo Plant.

Argument

Arts or artifice Assiduous to please Assignation

Attachment Audacity Avarice

Aversion

Bantering Baseness Bashfulness Bashful shame Beautiful eyes

.

.... .... ..... .... .... ....

capricious capricious
delicate delicate
.
.

Acanthus. Sprig of Ivy with tendrils.

Pimpernel. Indian Jasmine. Larch. Scarlet Auricula. China or Indian Pink.

Sou thernwood. Dodder of Thyme.

Deep Red Rose.
Variegated Tulip. Party-coloured Daisy.
Peony.

Beauty Beauty always new

Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty, Beauty,

.....
divine
glorious
lasting
.

Rose. Floiuer of an Hour. Hibiscus. A merican Cowslip.

Musk

China Rose. Lady's Slipper.

Glory Flower.
Stock.

magnificent

mental modest
neglected pensive
rustic
.

Calla SEthiopica. Clematis.

Trillium Pictum.
Tliroatwort.

Laburnum.
French Honeysuckle. Burgundy Rose. Jaf>an Rose.
Orchis.

Beauty
Belle

is
.

unconscious your only attraction

'

Be mine
Beneficence

Benevolence Betrayed

Beware Beware

Blackness Bluntness Blushes

!'

i^ter

Boldness

Bonds

.... .... .... ... .... .... .... ....

. .

Four-leaded Clover.
J\Iarshmallow. Potato. White Catchfty. Oleander, Rosebay.

Ebony

Tree.

Borage.

Marjoram. Hydrangea.
Pink. Convolvulus.
49

LANGUAGE
Bonds of Affection
Bridal favour
Brilliant

.OF

FLOWERS.
Gillyflower.

Bravery Bravery and humanity

complexion
. .

....
.

Oak

Leaves.

French II 'illon.*. Ivy Geranium.

Damask
ll'ater
.

AV.v<

Bulk Busybody Bury me amid Nature's beauties

.

J lelon.

Count.

Quamoclit. Persimon.

Call

me

not beautiful
.

Rose

Calm repose Calumny Calumny Change

Charity.

nig I H-. Buckbecui. Hellebore.

.
.

Madder.
Pimpernel.
. .

Changeable disposition

Charming
Charms,

.......
.
. .

deceitful

Cheerfulness in old age Cheerfulness under adversity Chivalry Cleanliness Coldheartedness Coldness Colour of my life
. .
.

Grass. Turnip. Cluster of Musk Roses. Thorn Apple. American Stanvort. Ch inese Ch rysa n th eiiiitw. Monkshood (Helmet Flower). Hyssop. Lettuce. Agnus Castus. Coral Honeysuckle.

Rye

Come down

. Comfort Comforting Compassion Concealed love Concert . Concord

.

....
.

Pear

Jacob's Ladder. Tree.

Scarlet Geranium.

A llspice.
Motherwort.
Nettle Tree.

Confession of love Confidence Confidence Confidence Confidence in Heaven

. .

...
.

Conjugal love
Consolation
.

Lote Tree. Moss Rosebud. Hepatic a. Lilac Polyanthus. Liverwort. Flowering Reed. Limf, or Linden Trif. Red Poppy.
Bluebell.

Constancy
Counterfeit

Consumed by
.

love

Courage Crime Cure Cure for heartache

Curiosity

......
.

Syrian Mallow. Mock Orange. Black Poplar.

Tajitarisk.

Balm of Gilead. Swallow-wort. Sycamore.

Rhododendron.
Rosebay.

Danger
Dangerous Pleasures
.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Death Death
Deceit Deceit Deceit
Deceitful charms
.

Cypress.
preferable to loss of innocence

White Rose

(dried).

Apocynnm.
Flytrap.

Deception
Declaration of love

Dogsbane. Thorn Apple. White Cherry Tree.

Red

Decrease of love

Delay

...
.

Tulip.

Yellow Rose. Eupatorium.

Bluebottle.

. Delicacy Dejection Desire to please Despair

L ichcn.
.

Centauiy.

Mezereon.
Cypress.

Despondency
Devotion
Difficulty
.

..... ....
.
.

Humble Plant. Pemvian Heliotrope.

Blackthorn.
Cloves.

Dignity Dignity Disappointment Disdain Disdain . Disgust

Dissension
Distinction Distrust
.

.... ...
.

Laurel-leaved Magnolia.. Carolina Syrinsa. Yellow Carnation.

Rue.

...
.

Frog Ophrys.
Pride of China. Cardinal Flowtf, Lavender.

Divine beauty
Docility

Domestic industry Domestic virtue

Durability

.... ....

American Cowslip.
Rush. Flax.
Sage.

Duration

..... ...
.
. .

Dogwood.
Cornel Tree.
Thornless Rosr Blue Periwinkle. Primrose. Locust Tree. Yello~M Jasmine. Scotch Fir. Indian Lagerstr&mia,. Holly Herb.
I

Early attachment Early friendship Early youth Elegance Elegance and grace
.

.....
. . .

Elevation

Eloquence Enchantment Enchantment

....
....
.

Energy

Envy
Error Error

Esteem Esteem not love Esteem and love

Estranged love

..... ...... ...... ...

in adversity

'et~'ain.

Camomile. Bramble. Bee Ophrys. Fly Orchis. Garden Sage.

Spiderwort.

Strawberry Tree. Lotus Flower.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Excellence Expectation Expectation Expected meeting Extent Extinguished hopes
Facility
. .

Fairies' fire

Faithfulness Faithfulness

Falsehood Falsehood Falsehood

Fame Fame

...... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

.

..... ...

A nemone.
Gourd.

Camellia Japonica.

Zephyr Flower. Nutmeg Geranium.

Major Convolvulus,
Germander Speedwell.
Pyrus Japonica. Blue Violet.
Heliotrope. Buglass. Yello'w Lily.

speaks him great and good Fantastic extravagance Farewell Fascination Fascination Fashion Fecundity
Felicity

Female

fidelity

Festivity Fickleness Fickleness Filial love

Fidelity Fidelity Fidelity in adversity Fidelity in love Fire . First emotions of love
.
.

..... ..... ..... ..... ... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....
.... ....
,

Manchineal Tree. Tulip. Trumpet Flower. Apple Blossom.

Scarlet Poppy.

Michaelmas Daisy.
Fern. Honesty. Queen's Rocket. Hollyhock. Sweet Sultan. Speedwell.
Parsley.

Abatina. Pink Larkspur. Virgins bower.

Plum

Veronica. Ivy. Tree. Wall-flower. Lemon Blossoms.

Flame

Flattery

Flee away Fly with me Folly

Foppery

Foolishness Foresight Forgetfulness Forget me not For once may pride befriend

...... ..... ..... ..... .....

. .

Fleur-de-L uce.

Purple Lilac.
Fleur-de-lis.
Iris.

Venus' Looking-glass. Pennyroyal. Venus' Car. Columbine. Cockscomb Amaranth.

....
me

Pomegranate.
Holly.

Moonwort.
Forget Me Not. Tiger Flower.

Forsaken Forsaken Frankness

Fraternal love

..... ..... .....

Garden Anemone. Laburnum.

Osier.

Woodbine.

Freedom

Water Willow.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWKRS.
Freshness Friendship

....
.

Damask

Rose.

Friendship, early Friendship, true Friendship, unchanging Frivolity Frugality

.

Acacia. Blue Periwinkle. Oak-leaved Geranium.

Gaiety Gaiety

Gallantry Generosity

Generous and devoted affection Genius

Gentility

Girlhood

Gladness Glory Glory

Glorious beauty

Goodness Goodness

Good education Good wishes

Goodnature
Gossip

Grace Grace and elegance Grandeur

Gratitude Grief Grief
'

.... ..... ..... .... .... ..... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... ..... ..... ....
.

Arbor Vita. London Pride.

Chicory.

Endive.

Butterfly Orchis.

Yellow Lily.

Sweet William. Orange Tree. French Honeysuckle. Plane Tree. Corn Cockle. White Rosebud. Myrrh.

Bay

Tree.

Laurel. Glory Flo'Mer.

Bonus

Henrietta.

Mercury. Cherry Tree. Sweet Bazil. White Mullein.

Cobcea.

Multtflora Rose. Yellow Jasmine.

Ask Tree. Small White

Harebell.

Bell-flower.

Marigold.
. .
.

Happy

love
.

. .
.

Bridal Rose.
.
'

Hatred Haughtiness Haughtiness Health Hermitage Hidden worth Honesty

Basil.

Hope Hope Hope Hope

in adversity

Hopeless love Hopeless, not heartless Horror Horror Horror

.

.... .... ..... ..... .....

53

Purple Larkspur. Tall Sunflower. Iceland Moss. Milkwort.

Flowering A Imond.

Coriander. Honesty.

Hawthorn.
Snowdrop. Spruce Pine. Yellow Tulip. Love Lies Bleeding.

Mandrake.
Dragonswort.
Snakesfoot.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Hospitality

Oak

Tree.

Humility Humility Humility

Broom.

Small Bindweed.
Field Lilac.
.

am too happy am your captive am worthy of you

Cape yasinine. Peach Blossom. White Rose.

I
[

change but in death . declare against you . declare against you . declare war against you die if neglected desire a return of affection
feel

Bay Leaf.
Belvedere. Liquorice.

....
.

Wild Tansy. Laurestina.

Jonquil. Lint.

my

obligations

I feel
I

your kindness have lost all

live for

I
I I

love

I
I

partake of your sentiments partake your sentiments .

shall die

......
thee

... ....
.

Flax.

Mourning Bride. Cedar Leaf. Red Chrysanthemum. Double China Aster. Garden Daisy.

to-morrow
difficulties

Gum

Cistits.

I shall
I

not survive you

.

Black Alulberry.
Mistletoe.

surmount

will think of it . will think of it . wound to heal If you love me, you will find
I I

Idleness Ill-natured beauty

.
.

.....
it
'

....
.
.

Single China Aster. Wild Daisy.

out

Eglantine (Swecttrier). Maiden Blush Rose.

Mesembryanthemum.
Citron.

Imagination Immortality Impatience Impatient of absence Impatient resolves Imperfection Importunity Inconstancy
.

L upine.
Amaranth
Corchorus.
(Globe).

...

Yellow Balsam.

Incorruptible

Independence Independence
Indifference Indifference Indifference Indifference Indiscretion
. .
.

..... ..... .... .... .....

.

Red Balsam.
H'enbane.

Burdock.

Evening Primrose. Cedar of Lebanon.

Wild Plum

Tree.

White Oak. Ever/lowering Candytuft.

Mustard Seed.
Pigeon Berry. Senvy. Split Reed.

Industry
Industry, Domestic Ingeniousness

Red

Clover.

Flax.

Ingenuity
54

White Pink. Pencilled Geranium.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Ingenuous simplicity
Ingratitude
.
.

Mouse-cared Ckickweed.
.

Innocence
Insincerity Insinuation

Crowfoot. Daisy. Foxglove. Great Bindweed.

Inspiration
Instability Intellect

A ngelica.
Dahlia.
.
. .

Walnut.
Vine.

Intoxication

Irony

Sardony.
.

Jealousy Jealousy
Jest

French Marigold. Yellow Rose. Southernwood.

Joy
Joys
to

Wood Sorrel.
come
.

Justice Justice shall be done to you Justice shall be done t

.
.
.

Lesser Celandine. Rudbeckia.

Coltsfoot.

Sweet-scented Tussilage,

Knight-errantry

Helmet Flower (Monkskood).

Lamentation Lasting beauty

Lasting pleasures Let me go Levity Liberty
. .

A sport
Stock.

Tree.

Life

Everlasting Pea. Butterfly Weed. Larkspur. Live Oak. Lucern.

Lightheartedness Lightness
"..ive

for

me

Shamrock. Larkspur.

Arbor

Vitce.

,ove
..ove,

.yove,

forsaken returned
is

Myrtle. Rose. Creeping Willow.

A nibrosia.
'

>ove

dangerous
.

Lustre

Carolina Rose. Aconite-leaved Crowfoot, or air Maid of France.

Luxury.
Magnificent beauty

Chesnut Tree.
Calla &thiopica.

Majesty Malevolence Marriage Maternal affection Maternal love Maternal tendernc-^

Crown Imperial.
Lobelia. Ivy. Cinquefoil.

Moss.

Matrimony May you he happy

.

A merican
55

Wood Sorrel.
L inden.
Volkamtnia.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Meanness Meekness Melancholy Melancholy Mental beauty Mental beauty Message Mildness Mirth
.
.

Cuscuta. Birch.

Dark Geranium. Dead Leaves.

Clematis.

Kennedia.
.

Iris.

Mallow.
Saffron Crocus.
fuller's
'J'

Misanthropy. Misanthropy. Modest beauty

A conite (H 'olfsbatit'
easel.

j.

Modest genius Modesty Modesty and purity

Trillium Pic turn. Creeping Cerens.

Violet.

White
.

Lily.^

Momentary happiness Mourning

.

Music

....
.
.

Virginian Spidertsjort. Weeping Willow.

Bundles of Reed with their

panicles.

My best days are past My regrets follow you to

Neatness Neglected beauty Never-ceasing remembrance

Old age Only deserve

..... .....
my
love
.

the grave

Colch icwn,orMea doiv Saffron Asphodel.

Broom.
Throatwort.
Everlasting.

Tree of

L ife.

Campion Rose.

Painful recollections Painting Painting the lily Passion Paternal error

.

Patience Patriotism Patriotism

... ...... .... ......

.

A donis. A uric-ula.
Flos

Daphne Odora.
White Dittany. Cardamine.
Dock.

Ox

Eye.

American Elm.
Nasturtium.
Olive.

Peace

Perfected loveliness Perfidy Pensive beauty Perplexity Persecution Perseverance Persuasion Persuasion Pertinacity Pity Pleasure and pain Pleasure, lasting
.

..... .....
.
.

.... ..... ..... .... .....

.

Common
Lcruc in

Camellia Japonica. White. Laurel, in flower.

Laburnum.
a Mist. Chequered Fritillary.

Swamp Magnolia.
Althea Frutex. Syrian Mallow.
Clotbur. Pine. Dog Rose.

Everlasting Pea.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Pleasures of
Poverty-

memory

IVkite Periwinkle.
Cistas, or Rock Rose. Evergreen Clematis. Imperial Montague.

Popular favour

Power Power

Cress.
.

Precaution Prediction Pretension Pride Pride Privation Privation

.
.

Profit

Golden Rod. Prophetic Marigold. SpiKed Willow Herb. Amaryllis. Hundred-leaved Rose. Indian Plum. Myrobalan. Cabbage.
Privet. Fig Tree.

Prohibition
Prolific
.

Promptness
Prosperity Protection

Ten-week Stock. Beech Tree.

Prudence Pure love Pure and ardent love Pure and lovely .
Purity
.

Bearded Crepis. Mountain Ask.

Single

Red Pink. Red Pink. Red Rosebud.

Double

Star of Bethlehem.
Broken Corn-straw.
,

Quarrel Quicksightedness
.

Hawkweed.
Goafs Rue. Lotus Leaf.
Silver-leaved Geranium.
Filbert.

Reason

Recantation Recall Reconciliation Reconciliation Refusal

.

Hazel. Striked Carnation.

Daffodil.
.

Regard

Relief . Relieve my anxiety Religious superstition Religious superstition Religious enthusiasm

.

Balm of Gilead.
Christmas Rose.

Aloe.

Passion Flower. Schinus.

Remembrance Remorse
Remorse Rendezvous
Reserve
Resistance Restoration
Retaliation
. .

Rosemary. Bramble.
Raspberry.
.

Chick-weed.

Maple.

Return of happiness Revenge

Reveri'57

Trcmella Nestoc. Persicaria. Scotch Thistle. Lily of the Valley. Birdsfoot Trefoil.

Flowering Fern.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Reward Reward
Riches Rigour
. .

of merit of virtue.

Bay Wreath.
Garland of Roses.
Corn. L antana. Rocket.
Clotbur.

Rivalry.

Rudeness Rudeness
Rural happiness Rustic beauty Rustic oracle
.

Xanthium.
Yellow Violet. French Honeysuckle.
Dandelion.

Sadness
Safety
Satire
. .

Dead

Leaves. Traveller s Joy. Prickly Pear.

Sculpture
Secret Love Semblance
. .

Hoya. Yellow Acacia. Spiked Speedwell.

Sensitiveness Sensuality Separation Severity

Mimosa.
Spanish Jasmine. Carolina Jasmine. Branch of Thorns.
Peony.

Shame

....
.

Sharpness Sickness
Silliness

Barberry Tree. Anemone (Zephyr Flower).

Fool's Parsley.

Simplicity Sincerity Slighted love

Snare

American Siveetbrier. Garden Chervil. Yellow Chrysanthemum. Catchjiy. Dragon Plant.

Heath.
Ye-w.

Solitude

Sorrow
Spell

Sourness of Temper
.

Spleen Splendid beauty Splendour . Sporting Stedfast Piety Stoicism Strength Submission Submission Success crown your wishes Succour Sunbeaming eyes
.

....
. .

Barberry.
Circcea.

A usturtinm.
Fox-tail Grass.

Fumitory. Amaryllis.

Wild Geranium.

Box

Tree.

Cedar. Fennel. Grass. Harebell.

,

Coronella. Juniper. Scarlet Lychnis.

Truffle.

Surprise
Susceptibility

U 'ax

Plant.

Suspicion

Sympathy Sympathy

Champignon. Balm.
Thrift.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Talent Tardiness Taste
.

Tears

..... ......
. .

White Pink. Flax-leaved Goldy-lo^ks.

Scarlet Fuchsia.

Temperance

Temptation Thankfulness

The colour of my fate The heart's mystery The perfection of female loveliness The witching soul of music
.
.

.... ....
me
,

Helenium.
Azalea. Apple.

Agrimony. Coral Honeysuckle. Crimson Polyanthus.

Justicia.

Oats.

. Thoughts Thoughts of absent friends

Pansy.
Zinnia.

Thy Thy

frown
smile

will kill
I

Ties Timidity Timidity

Time

Tranquillity. '. Tranquillity. Tranquillize my anxiety Transient beauty'. Transient impressions Transport of joy
.

....... ....
aspire to
. .

Currant. Daily Rose. Tendrils of Climbing Plants.

Amaryllis.

Marvel of Pent.
White Poplar.

Mudwort.
Stonecrop.

Christmas Rose. Night-blooming Cerent.

Withered White Rose.

Forget Me Not. Oak-leaved Geranium. Bittersweet Nightshade.
Caf>e Jasmine. Bilberry.

Treachery

.
.

.'

True love True Friendship Truth Truth

.

.
.

......
.

Unanimity
Unbelief

..... ...
.

White Chrysanthemum.
Phlox.

Unceasing remembrance Unchanging friendship Unconscious beauty Unexpected meeting

.

Unfortunate attachment Unfortunate love.

LTnion

Unity Unpatronized merit

.
.

Uselessness
Utility.

...... .....
....
.

Judas Tree. A merican Cudweed. Arbor Vitie. Burgundy Rose. Lemon Geranium. Mourning Bride.
Scabious.

Whole Straw. White and Red Rose Red Primrose.

.

together.

Meadowsweet.

Grass.

Variety Variety Vice Victory Virtue

China Aster.

Mundi Rose.
Darnel (Ray Grass), Palm.
Mint.
59

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
Virtue, Domestic. Volubility

Voraciousness

Vulgar Minds

War War

Warlike trophy

Warmth

Watchfulness

Weakness Weakness Welcome to a stranger Widowhood. Win me and wear me Winning grace
Winter

Wit Wit

...... .... ..... ...... ....... ....... .... ...... ..... .... .........
.

... ... ......

Sage. Abecedary.

Lupine. African Marigold.

York and Lancaster Rose.

Achillea Millefolia.

Indian Cress.

of feeling

Peppcrm in t.

Dame

Violet.

Moschatel. Musk Plant. A merican Starwort.

Sweet Scabious.
Lady's Slipper.
Cowslip.

Guelder Rose.

Meadow Lychnis.
Wild Sorrel.
Enchanter s Nightshade. Sweet Alyssum.

ill-timed

Witchcraft

Worth beyond beauty Worth sustained by judicious and tender

affection
.

Worthy

all

praise

..... ..... .....

.
.

Pink Convolvulus, fennel.

Hortensia.

You are cold You are my divinity You are perfect You are radiant with charms You are rich in attractions You are the queen of coquettes You have no claims You please all You will be my death
.

American Cowslip.
Pine Apple. Ranunculus. Garden Ranunculus. Queen s Rocket. Pasque Flower. Branch of Currants. Hemlock.
Spindle Tree.
Ice Plant.

Your Your Your Your Your

charms are engraven on

my heart looks freeze me presence softens my pains . purity equals your loveliness qualities, like your charms, are
.

..... ....
your charms
.

....

Milkvetch. Orange Blossoms.

unequalled

Your

qualities surpass

Youthful innocence Youthful love

Zealousness
Zest

....
60

.... ....

Peach. Mi^nionette.

White Lilac.

Red Catchfiy.
Elder.

Lemon.

Language of Flowers.

DAFFODILS.
\

'J

HE ROSE.
!

WANDERED
That
all at

floats

lonely as a cloud on high o'er vales and

I

Go, lovely Rose Tell her that wastes her time on me,
hills,

iVhen

once

saw a crowd,
:

That now she knows,

golden Daffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering

A host of

When I resemble her to How sweet and fair she

thee,

seems

10 be.

and dancing

in the breeze.

Tell her that's young.

And shuns
Continuous as the stars that shine

to

have her graces spied,

And twinkle in the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin
of a

That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended
Small
is

died.

bay

Ten thousand saw

at a glance,
in sprightly

the worth
light retired
forth,
;

Tossing their heads

dance.

Of beauty from the Bid her come

The waves

beside them danced Outdid the sparkling waves

but they
;

Suffer herself to be desired,

in glee

And

not blush so to be admired.

A
I

poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company

gazed and gazed, but

little

What
For

wealth the show to

me

thought had brought

Then die, that she The common fate of all things

'.

rare

May

read in thee

small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair.

How

oft

when on my couch
that

lie,

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They upon Which is the bliss of solitude And then my heart with pleasure

flash

inward eye

From thy dead

;

Yet, though thou fade, leaves let fragrance rise

fills,

And

dances with the Daffodils.

teach the maid That goodness Time's rude hand defies That virtue lives when beauty dies.

And

WORDSWORTH.

WALLER.

6r

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

THE SENSITIVE PLANT.

A SENSITIVE
And And And
*

the
it

young winds fed

its

Plant in a garden grew, it with silver dew,

fan-like leaver to the light,

opened
*

closed

them beneath the

* *

kisses of Night.
*
bliss

But none ever trembled and panted with

In the garden, the field, or the wilderness, Like doe in the noontide with love's sweet want,

As

the companionless Sensitive Plant.

The snowdrop, and

then the

violet,-

Arose from the ground with warm rain wet, And their breath was mixed w th fresh odour, sent, From the turf, like the voice and the instrument.
:

Then

the pied wind-flowers and the tulip

narcissi, the fairest

tall.

And

among them

all,

Who gaze
And

on their eyes

in the stream's recess,

Till they die of their

own dear

loveliness.

Whom

That the

the naiad-like lily of the vale, youth makes so fair and passion so pale, light of its tremulous bells is seen
their pavilions of tender green
;

Through

And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue. Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew Of music so delicate, soft and intense,
It

was

felt like

an odour within the sense

And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast,
Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air

The

soul of her beauty and love lay bare

LANGUAGE OF

FLOWER.-.

And

the wand-like
its

lily,

which
is its

lifted up,

As a Maenad,

moonlight-coloured cup,

Till the fiery star,

which
clear

Gazed through the

dew on

eye, the tender sky

And

The And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime. The Sensitive Plant, which could Of the love which it felt from the
Received more than
all [flowers],
it,

the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose.. sweetest flower for scent that blows ;

give small fruit leaf to the root,

it

Where none wanted but

loved more than ever, could belong to the giver

;

For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower Radiance and odour are not its dower ; It loves, even like Love its deep heart is full, It desires what it has not, the beautiful
!

*
all like

Each and

ministering angels were

For the Sensitive Plant sweet joy to bear, Whilst the lagging hours of the day went by Like windless clouds o'er a tender sky.

And when evening descended from heaven above, And the earth was all rest, and the air was all love, And delight, though less bright, was far more deep, And the day's veil fell from the world of sleep,
Sensitive Plant was the earliest Up-gathered into the bosom of rest A sweet child weary of its delight, The feeblest, and yet the favourite, Cradled within the embrace of night.

The

*****
;

bHtLLEY.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

O
O

LUVE WILL VENTURE

TI;NE
"

IN,

The Posie"

LUVE
I

will

venture

in,

luve will venture

in,

where it daur na weel be seen, where wisdom ance has been

;

But

will

down yon
to pu'

river rove,
to

amang

the

And a'

a posie

my

ain dear

wood May.

sae green,

The primrose I will pu', And I will pu' the pink,

For
she's the pink o'

the firstling o' the year, the emblem o' my dear,

womankind, and blooms without a peer ;

And
1 '11

a' to

be a posie to
1

my ain

dear May.
in view,

pu' the
it 's

budding
a
's

rose,

when Phoebus peeps

For

like

baumy

kiss o' her sweet bonnie

mou

The hyacinth

And
The

a' to

for constancy w' its unchanging blue, be a posie to my ain dear May.

lily it is

pure, and the

lily

it

is fair.
;

her lovely bosom I '11 place the lily there The daisy 's for simplicity and unaffected air, And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.
in

And

The hawthorn
Where,
like

will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey,

it stands at break o' day, But the songster's nest within the bush I winna tak away; And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

an aged man,

The woodbine

And
The

I will pu' when the e'ening star is near, the diamond-drops o' dew shall be her e'en sae clear
's

violet

for

modesty which weel she

fa's to

wear,

And
I
'11

a'

to be a posie to

my

ain dear

May.
o'

tie
I

the posie round w' the silken band

'11

luve,
a*

And
That

place

it

in her breast,

and

'11

swear by

above,

to

my

And

the band shall ne'er remuve, this will be a posie to my ain dear May.
latest

draught

o' life

BURNS.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

MY NANNIE
TUNE
And
But

'S

AWA.

"There'll never be peace"

mantle blithe Nature arrays, lambkins that bleat o'er the braes,

Now in her green

listens the

XVhile birds warble welcome in ilka green

to

shaw
awa.

me

it 's

delightless

my Nannie 's

The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn,

And violets bathe in the weet o* the morn They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, They mind me o' Nannie and Nannie 's awa.
;

Thou lav'rock that springs frae the dews of the lawn, The shepherd to warn o' the grey-breaking dawn,

And

thou mellow mavis that hails the night-fa", Give over for pity my Nannie 's awa.

Come, autumn, sae pensive,

in

yellow and grey,

And
The

sooth

me

wi' tidings o' Nature's

decay

dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw,

Alane can delight me

now Nannie's awa.

BURNS.

THEIR GROVES,
TUNE

"Humours of Glen"
;

THEIR groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume

Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom.
Far dearer
to

me

are yon

humble broom bowers,

Where
For there,

the blue-bell and

lightly tripping

gowan lurk lowly unseen; amang the wild flowers,

wanders

listening the linnet, aft

my

Jean.

BURNS.

LANGUACK OF FLOWERS.

TO A
On

MOUNTAIN DAISY,
April
1786.

There,

in

thy scanty mantle clad,

turning one dcnvn -with a plough, in

Thy snawy bosom sun- ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head
In humble guise But now the share uptears thy bed. And low thou lies
;

WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou s met me in an evil hour For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem.
;

Such

is

the fate of artless Maid,

!

Sweet_/?0a/Vf/ of the rural shade

By

love's simplicity betray'd.

And

guileless trust.

Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid

Low
Alas
!

i'

the dust.

it's

no thy neebor sweet,

I

The bonnie Lark, companion meet Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet

Such

is

On

life's

the fate of simple Bard, rough ocean luckless starr'd

Wi' spreckled breast,

Unskilful he to note the card

When upward -springing,

The
(Jmld blew the

blythe, to greet
Till billows rage,

purpling east-

Of prudent lore, and gales blow hard. And whelm him o'er
is

bitter-biting north
;

Upon

thy early, humble birth Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth

Such fate to suffering 'worth

giv'n,

Who

Amid

the storm,

By human
Till

long with wants and woes has striv'n. pride or cunning driv'n,

Scarce reard above the parent earth Thy tender form.

To

mis'ry's brink,

wrench'd of ev'ry stay but

Heavn,
!

He,

ruin'd, sink

The

flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield,

shell' ring

High

woods and wa's maun

O' clod or stane,

shield,

Ev'n thou who mourn 'st the Daisy's That fate is thine no distant date

fate,
;

But thou beneath the random bield

Adorns the

histie stibble-field,

Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate. Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight,
Shall be thy

Unseen, a lane

doom

BURNS.

fr.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

LAMENT OF
On
(hi

MAJtY. UF SCOTS.

QUEEN

svas the

Queen Where happy

I

o'
I

bonnie France, hae been

;

Fu' lightly rase

in the

morn,
;

As blythe
Approach of Spring.

lay

down

at e en

And I'm the sov'reign of Scotland, And mony a traitor there

;

Now
And

Naluie hangs her mantle green On every blooming iree,

spreads her sheets c' daisies while er the grassy lea ;

Yet here I lie in foreign lands, And never ending care.

Out o

But as

for thee,
sister

thou

false

woman,

Now

Phoeous cheers the crystal streams,

glads the a/ure skies
;

My

and

my fae,
:

And

But nought can glad the weary wight That fast in durance lies,

Now

lav'rocks

wake the merry morn,

;

Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword That thro' thy soul shall gae The weeping blood in woman s breast Was never known to thee Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of wo Frae woman's pitying e'e.
;

Aloft on

dewy wing

The merle, in his noontide bow'r. Makes woodland echoes ring The mavis mild wi' many a note,
;

My son my son may kinder stars Upon thy fortune shine And may those pleasures gild thy reign,
! !

That

ne'er

wad

blink on mine

Sings drowsy day to rest

In love

and freedom they

rejoice,

Wi' care nor

thrall opprest.

God keep thee frae thy mother's faes. Or turn their hearts to thee And where thou meet'st thy mother's Remember him for me
:
!

friend,

Now

blooms the

lily

by the bank,
",

The primrose down the brae The hawthorn's budding in the glen, And milk-white is the slae The meanest hind in fair Scotland
;

Oh

May
But
I,

rove their sweets

amang;

the

Queen of

a'

Scotland,

soon, to me, may summer-suns Nae mair light up the morn Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds Wave o'er the yellow corn! And in the narrow house o' death Let winter round me rave And the next flow'rs that deck the spring,
! ! ;

Maun

lie in

prison strang.

Bloom on my peaceful grave

BURNS.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

RED AND WHITE

In the white you

ROSES.
;

READ in these Roses the sad story Of my hard fate, and your own glory
may
discover

The

paleness of a fainting lover ; In the red the flames still feeding

heart with fresh

On my

wounds bleeding,

The w'hite will tell you how I languish, And the red express my anguish, The white my innocence displaying, The red my martyrdom betraying The frowns that on your brow resided, Have those roses thus divided.
;

Oh

And

let your smiles but clear the weather, then they both shall grow together.

CAREW.

SONNET.
SWEET
Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet
is is

the rose, but growes upon a brere ; the Juniper, but sharpe his bough ;
;

is is
is is

the Eglantine, but pricketh nere the Firbloom, but his branches rough the Cypress, but his rind is tough,

And

the Nut, but bitter is his pill ; is the Broome-flowere, but yet sowre enough sweet is Moly, but his roote is ill.
:

So every sweet with sowre is tempred still, That maketh it be coveted the more For easie things that may be got at will, Most sorts of men doe set but little store.

Why

then should

That endless pleasure

account of little pain, shall unto me gaine?

Sl'ENSEK

68

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

TO PRIMROSES
FILLED WITH MORN' ING DEW.

WHY

do ye weep, sweet babes

Can

tears

Speak

grief in you,

Who

were but born

Just as the modest morn Teemed her refreshing dew ?

Alas

ye have not known that shower

That mars a flower

Nor

felt

the unkind
;

Breath of a blasting wind

Nor are ye worn with Or warped as we,

years

Who

think

it

strange to see

Such pretty flowers, like to orphans young. Speaking by tears before ye have a tongue.
Speak, whimpering younglings, and make known The reason why

Ye droop and weep.

Is
it

for

want of

sleep,

Or

Or childish lullaby? that ye have not seen as yet

The violet ? Or brought a kiss From that sweetheart to No, no this sorrow shown
;

this?

By

your

tears shed,
this lecture

Would have
That things of

read

meanest worth. Conceived with grief are, and with tears brought
greatest, so of

forth.

HERRICK.

69

...

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

A RED,
TUNE
O,
"

RED ROSE.

Music, when

soft voices die,

Vibrates in the

memory

Withaivs favourite."

Odours when sweet violets sicken, Love within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed
;

MY

luve's like a red, red rose,

That's newly sprung in June : O, my luve's like the melodic That's sweetly play'd in tune.

And
Love

so thy thoughts
itself shall

when thou

art gone,

slumber on.
SHELI.EY.

As

my bonnie lass, So deep in hive am I And I will luve thee still, my dear,
fair art thou,
;

Till a* the seas

gang

dry.

Till a' the seas

gang
still,

dry,

my

dear.
;

And
I

the rocks melt w' the sun

RADIANT sister of the day Awake arise and come away To the wild woods and the plains. To the pools where winter rains
!
!
!

will luve thee

my

Image

all

their roof of leaves,

dear,
run.

While the sands

o' life shall

And fare thee weel, my only luve And fare thee weel a while And I will come again, my luve,
;

Where the pine its garland weaves Of sapless green, and ivy dun, Round stems that never kiss the sun. Where the lawns and pastures be

And

the sandhills of the sea,

Tho'

it

were ten thousand mile.

BURNS.

Where the melting hoar-frost wets The daisy star that never sets, And wind-flowers and violets Which yet join not scent to hue Crown the pale year weak and new

When
VIRGINS promised when I died, That they would each primrose-tide Duly, morn and evening, come,

the night

is left

behind

And And

In the deep east, dim and blind, the blue moon is over us, the multitudinous
Billows

murmur
things

at

our

feet,

And with

flowers dress

my

tomb.
debts,

Where

the earth and ocean meet

Having promised, pay your

Maids, and here strew
violets.

And

all

seem only one

P. B.

Jn the universal sun.

KOIIERT HERRICK.

SHELLEY.

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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

TO DAFFODILS.
FAIR
Daffodils,

You
As

haste

we weep to away so soon

sun
its

see
;

MOURN, ilka grove the cushat kens Ye haz'lly shaws and briery dens Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens,
!

yet, the early-rising

Has

not attained

Or foaming

Wi' toddlin din, strang, wi' hasty stens,

Frae
lin to lin.

noon.

Stay, stay, Until the hastening day

Has run
But
to the

even song

And having prayed

together,

we

Mourn little harebells o'er the lee Ye stately foxgloves fair to see Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie,
;

Will go with you along.

In scented bow'rs

Ye

roses on

your thorny

tree.

We

have short time to stay as you, We have as short a spring As quick a growth to meet decay,
;

The

first o' flow'rs.

As you

or

any

thing.

We

die,

As your hours Away,

do,

and dry
rain,

At dawn, when ev'ry grassy blade Droops with a diamond at his head, At ev'n, when beans their fragrance shed,
I' th'

Like to the summer's

Ye maukins whiddin

rustling gale, thro' the glade,

Or

as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.

Come

join

my

wail.

ROBERT HERRICK.

Mourn,

Ilk cowslip

spring, thou darling of the year cup shall kep a tear :

Thou, simmer, while each corny spear Shoots up its head,

CONSTANCY.
LAY a garland on my Of the dismal yew
;

Thy

gay, green, flow'ry tresses shear,

For him that's dead

hearse
wi' thy yellow hair, In grief thy sallow mantle tear Thou, winter, hurling thro' the air

Maidens willow branches bear Say, / died true. My love was false, but I was firm
;

Thou, autumn,

From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie

Lightly, gentle earth
1

The

roaring blast,
!

Wide

o'er the

naked world declare The worth we've lost

SAMUEL FLETCHER.

BURNS.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

7'0

THE SMALL CELANDINE.

PANSIES, Let them
Lilies,

Prophet of delight and mirth,

111 requited upon earth ; Herald of a mighty band,

King-cups, Daisies,
their praises
'

live

upon

Long

as there's a sun that sets,

;

Of a joyous train ensuing, Serving at my heart's command,

Tasks that are no tasks renewing
1
;

Primroses will have their glory

in story ; There's a flower that shall be mine, "Tis the little Celandine.

Long as there are Violets, They will have a place

will sing, as

doth behove,

Hymns in

praise of

what

love

WORDSWORTH.

Ere a

leaf is on the bush, In the time before the thrush Has a thought about her nest, Thou wilt come with half a

TO BLOSSOMS.
call,

Spreading out thy glossy breast Like a careless prodigal Telling tales about the sun, When we've little warmth, or none.
;

FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so last ? Your date is not so past,
But you

To
Comfort have thou of thy merit, Kindly unassuming spirit
!

may stay yet here awhile blush and gently smile,

at last.

And go

Careless of thy neighbourhood, Thou dost show thy pleasant face

What, were you born

to be.

On

the moor, and in the wood, In the lane there's not a place,
thee.

An hour or half s delight, And so to bid good-night ?

'Twas
pity

Howsoever mean it be, But 'tis good enough for

Ill befall

Merely

to

Nature brought ye forth, show your worth

lose

And

you

quite.

the yellow flowers, Children of the flaring hours

Buttercups that

will

be seen,

Whether we

will see or

no;

Others, too, of lofty mien, They have done as worldlings do, Taken praise that should be thine,
Little,

But you are lovely leaves, where we May read, how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave And after they have shown their pride. Like you, awhile, they glide
:

Into the grave.

humble Celandine

HERRICK.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

THE

LIL Y

AND THE

ROSE.

THE WALL-FLOWER.
WHY
List,
this flower is

THE nymph

must lose her female friend, If more admired than she But where will fierce contention end, If flowers can disagree.

now

called so,

sweet maids, and you shall know. Understand this firstling was Once a brisk and bonny lass,

Kept
Within the garden's peaceful scene Appear'd two lovely foes, Aspiring to the rank of queen, The Lily and the Rose.

as close as

Danae was,
springald loved
;

Who a sprightly
And

to have it fully proved, Up she got upon a wall, 'Tempting down to slide withal

The Rose soon redden'd

into rage,

But the silken twist untied, So she fell, and, bruised, she

died.

And, swelling with disdain, Appeal'd to many a poet's page

To
The

prove her right to reign.

Jove, in pity of the deed, And her loving, luckless speed, Turn'd her to this plant we call Now " the flower of the wall."

Lily's height bespoke

command,
hand,

A fair imperial
The
This

flower

She seem'd designed

for Flora's

sceptre of her power.

civil bick'ring

and debate

THE PRIMROSE.
ASK me why
This
firstling
I

The goddess chanced to hear. And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre.
Yours
is,

send you here,

;

of the infant year

I

And yours

she said, the nobler hue, the statelier mien ;

send to you This Primrose all bepearled with dew I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are washed with tears.
;

Ask me why

And, till a third surpasses you, Let each be deemed a queen.

Thus, soothed and reconciled, each seeks

Ask me why this flower doth show So yellow, green, and sickly too Ask me why the stalk is weak
;

The The seat They

fairest British fair

And
I

of empire is her cheeks, reign united there.

bending, yet tell you, these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover.
;

it

doth not break

must

COWPEK.

CAKEW.

73

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

ADONIS SLEEPING,
all, there lay a sleeping youth fondest beauty. Sideway his face reposed On one white arm, and tenderly unclosed, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout ; just as the morning south

IN midst of

Of

Disparts a dew-lipp'd rose. Above his head, Four lily stalks did their white honours wed

To make a

coronal

and round him grew

All tendrils green, of every bloom and hue, Together intertwined and trammel'd fresh :

The

vine of glossy sprout

its

Shading

Of

velvet leaves,

the ivy mesh, Ethiop berries and woodbine, and bugle blooms divine.
;
;

Hard

by,

Stood serene Cupids watching silently. One, kneeling to a lyre, touch'd the strings, Muffling to death the pathos with his wings And, ever and anon, uprose to look At the youth's slumber while another took willow bough, distilling odorous dew, And shook it on his hair another flew In through the woven roof, and fluttering-wise,
; ;

Rain'd violets upon his sleeping eyes.

KEATS.

MODONNA,

wherefore hast thou sent to

me

Sweet Basil and Mignonette, Embleming love and health, which never yet In the same wreath might be. Alas, and they are wet
!

with thy kisses or thy tears For never rain or dew

Is it

Such fragrance drew

From
The

plant or flower

the very doubt endears

My sadness ever new,

sighs I breathe, the tears I shed, for thee.

B.

SHELLEY.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
THERE grew

pied Wind-flowers and Violets,

Daisies, those pearl'd Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flowers that never set ;

The sod

Faint Oxlips ; tender Blue-bells, at whose birth scarce heaved and that tall flower that wets Its mother's face with Heaven-collected tears,
;

When

the low wiiid,

its

playmate's voice,

it

hears.

And in the warm hedge grew lush Eglantine, Green Cow-bind and the moonlight-colour'd May And cherry blossoms, and white cups, whose wine

Was
With

the bright
its

dew

yet drained not by the day

And Wild
And

Roses, and Ivy serpentine dark buds and leaves, wandering astray,

flowers azure, black, and streaked with gold, Fairer than any wakened eyes behold.

And nearer to the river's trembling edge There grew broad flag-flowers, purple prankt with white, And starry river buds among the sedge, And floating Water-lilies, broad and bright, Which lit the oak that overhung the hedge With moonlight beams of their own watery light And bulrushes, and reeds of such deep green
;

As soothed

the dazzled eye with sober sheen.

P. B.

SHELLEY.

'Tis but

FADE, Flow'rs fade, Nature will have it so; what we must in our autumn do
!
!

And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground, The loss alone by those that lov'd them found
So
in the grave shall we as quiet lie, Miss'd by some few that lov'd our company; But some so like to thorns and nettles live,

That none

for

them can, when they

perish, grieve.

WALLER.
75

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

ARRANGEMENT OF
BOUQUE T.
HERE damask Roses, white and Out of my lap first take I,
Which
still

red,

The Daffodil most dainty is, To match with these in meetness ; The Columbine compared to this, All much alike for sweetness.
These
in their natures only are

shall

run along the thread,

>

My chiefest

flower this

make

Fit to

I.

emboss the border,

I'll

Therefore

Amongst these Roses in a row, Next place I Pinks in plenty, These double Pansies then for show

To
;

place

them

take especial care in their order

Sweet-williams, Campions, Sops-in-wine,

And
The

will not this

be dainty?

One by another neatly Thus have 1 made this wreath

;

of mine,

pretty Pansy then I'll tie, Like stones some chain inchasing And next to them, their near ally,

And
;

finished

it

featly.

NICHOLAS DRAYTON.

The

purple Violet placing.

The curious choice clove July flower, Whose kind hight the Carnation,
For sweetnest of most sovereign power, Shall help my wreath to fashion
;

THE CHERRY.
THERE is a garden in her face. Where roses and white lilies grow
;

Whose sundry
First

colours of one kind,

I'll

A heavenly paradise

is

that place,
:

from one root derived,

bind:
so contrived.

Them

in their several suits

My garland
A

Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow There cherries grow that none may buy Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
Those cherries
fairly

do enclose

course of Cowslips then I'll stick, And here and there ('though sparely)
pleasant Primrose down I'll prick. Like pearls that will show rarely
;

Of

orient pearl a double row,

The

Which, when her lovely laughter shows, They look like rosebuds fill'd with snow
Yet them no peer nor prince may buy Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.

Then with

these Marigolds

I'll

make

My garland somewhat swelling, These Honeysuckles then I'll take,

Whose
The
sweets shall help their smelling.
Lily and the Fleur-de-lis, For colour much contending
I

Her eyes like angels watch them still, Her brows like bended bows do stand.
Threatening with piercing frowns to kill All that approach with eye or hand

These sacred cherries

to

come
do

nigh.
cry.

For that

them do only

prize,

Till cherry ripe themselves

They

are but poor in scenting.

RICHARD ALLISON

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

THE GARLAND.
THE
pride of every grove I chose,

At dawn poor

The violet sweet and lily fair, The dappled pink and blushing rose,

Stella danc'd and sung The am'rous youth around her bow'd At night her fatal knell was rung I saw and kiss'd her in her shroud
; !
:

To deck my charming

Cloe's hair.

At morn the nymph vouchaf'd to place Upon her brow the various wreath The flowers less blooming than her face,
;

Such as she is, who dy'd to-day, Such I, alas may be to-morrow Go, Damon, bid thy muse display
!

The justice

of thy Cloe's sorrow,

The The
That

scent less fragrant than her breath,

PRIOR.

flowers she

And
in

wore along the day every nymph and shepherd said, her hair they look'd more gay
;

Than glowing

in their native bed.

TO THE VIRGINS, TO

MAKE
:

Undrest, at ev'ning,

when she found

MUCH OF
GATHER

TIME.

Their odours lost, their colours past; She chang'd her look, and on the ground Her garland and her eye she cast.

That eye dropt sense distinct and clear, As any muse's tongue could speak,

ye rose-buds while ye may Old Time is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying.
;

When

from

its lid

a pearly tear
cheek*

Ran

trickling

down her beauteous

I

Dissembling what

knew
! ;

too well
I,

My

love

my

life

said

The glorious lamp of heaven, the The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting.
That age
is best,

sun,

This change of humour

explain pray thee tell

That
She
!

falling tear.

What
;

does

it

mean?

sigh'd, she smil'd

and

to the flowers
:

which is the first, youth and blood are warmer But being spent, the worse and worst

When

Pointing, the lovely moralist said

Times
!

will

succeed the former.

See friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, "what a change is made

Then be not

Ah me And

the blooming pride of May, that of beauty are but one :

And

For having

coy, but use your time, while ye may, go marry; lost but once your prime,
for ever tarry.

At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at ev'ning, pale, and gone

You may
!

ROBERT HERRICK.
77

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

SONG OF MA Y MORNING.
Now
the bright morning-star, day's harbinger.

Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire
Mirth, and youth, and

warm

desire

groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.

Woods and

MILTON.

AMONG

Love and

the myrtles as I walk'd, my Sight thus intertalk'd

I, in

Tell me, said

deep

distress,

Where I may find my Shepherdess ? Thou Fool, said Love, know'st thou
In everything that's sweet she is. In yon'd Carnation go and seek,

not this?

There thou

shall find her lips

and cheek
;

In that enamell'd Pansy by, There thou shalt have her curious eye In bloom of Peach and Rose's bud There waves the streamer of her blood. and thereupon 'Tis true, said I I went to pluck them one by one, To make of parts an union ; But on a sudden all were gone. At which I stopp'd ; said Love, these be
;

The

true resemblance of

Thee
;

For as these Flowers, thy joys must die And in the turning of an eye And all thy hopes of her must wither,

Like those short sweets here knit together.

ROBERT HERRICK.

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

FRAGMENT, IN WITHERSPOON\S
COLLECTION OF SCOTCH SONGS,
TUNE
''

"

Hughie Graham,"
rose,
;

O GIN my love were yon red

And
1

"

" That grows upon the castle wa' I mysel a drap o' dew,
" Into her bonnie breast to
fa"
'

''

Oh, there beyond expression " I'd feast on a' the

beauty

blest,

night

" Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, " Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light."
were my love yon lilac fair, Wi" purple blossoms to the spring And I, a bird to shelter there, When wearied on my little wing
:

How
But
I

wad mourn, when

wild,

it

was torn
!

By autumn
wad

and winter rude sing on wanton wing,

When
*

youthfu'

May

its

bloom renew'd.*

These stanzas were added by BURNS,

THE DAISY.
OF
Than
all

the floures in the

I

mede

and rede Soch that men callen Daisies in our town, I have so great affection, As I sayd erst, when comen is the Male, That in my bedde there daweth me no daie, That 1 n'am up and walking in the mede
love

most these

floures white

To hem

To

Whan
That

see this floure ayenst the Sunne sprede it up riseth early by the morrow,
blissful sight softeneth all

my sorrow.
CHAUCHR.

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