The Language of Flowers

Ever wondered what secret message the choice of flowers will give to the recipient well here is a list I came upon by chance and which I thought I would share with you. The Victorians were great ones for sending a "secret message"

1. Acacia - secret love.
2. Almond blossom - hope.
3. Amarylis - pride splendid beauty
4. Anemone - forsaken.
5. Apple blossom - preference.
6. Bell flower, white, gratitude.
7. Bluebell - constancy
8. Broom - humility.
9. Camelia, red - unpretending excellence.
10. Camelia, white - perfected excellence.
11. Carnation, red - alas for my poor heart.
12. Carnation, striped - refusal.
13. Chammole - patience
14. Chrystanthemum, red - I love
15. Clematis - mental beauty, purity
16. Columbine - folly
17. Daisy - innocence
18. Elderflower - compassion, consolation
19. Everlasting flower - unfading memory
20. Forget me not - fidelity, true love
21. Hawthorn blossom - hope
22. Heartsease - remembrance
23. Hibiscus - delicate beauty
24. Honeysuckle - devotion.
25. Hyacinth - unobtrusive loveliness
26. Hyacinth, blue - constancy
27. Jasmine, white - amiability
28. Jasmine, yellow, happiness, grace and elegance
29. Jonquil, I desire a return of affection
30. lavender - silence
31. Lilac, purple, first emotions of love
32. Lilace, white - youthful innocence
33. Lily, purity
34. Lily of the Valley - purity, return of happiness
35. Magnolia - grief
36. Marigold - joy
37. Michelmas Daisy - farewell
38. Mignonette - your qualities are supreme
39. Nasturtium - patriotism
40. Orange blossom - purity and loveliness
41. Pansies, love and thought
42. Peony, bashfulness
43. Pinks, love
44. Poppy red, consolation
45. Primrose - early youth
46. Rose, love
47. Rose, musk - capricious beauty
48. Rosebud - pure and lovely
49. Rosemary - remebrance
50. Snowdrop - hope
51. Stock - lasting beauty
52. Tulip - love
53. Violet - modesty
54. Wallflower - fidelity in adversity
55. Zinnia - thoughts of absent friends