In the 1600's, a language of flowers developed in Constantinople and in the poetry of Persia. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the flower language and flower meanings from Turkey to England in 1716. It spread to France and became a handbook of 800 floral messages known as the Book Le Langage des Fleurs. Lovers exchanged messages as they gave each other selected flowers or bouquets.
Aster for elegance and daintiness; jealousy
Baby's Breath for innocence; a delicate touch
Bird of Paradise for magnificence, regal splendor; good fortune
Calla Lily for magnificent beauty
Carnation -- Red, admiration; White, good luck; pure and ardent love; Yellow, rejection and disdain; Striped, refusal; Pink, mother's love
Crocus for "abuse not"
Daisy for innocence; gentleness; loyal love.
Filbert for reconciliation
Iris -- yellow for passion
Ivy for marriage
Lavender for love and devotion
Lilac purple for new love
Lily for purity of heart
Lotus for estranged love, forgetful of the past
Mint for virtue
Orchid for love, beauty, refinement, thoughtfulness; Chinese symbol for many children
Poppy for eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination
Pussy Willow for motherhoodmeanings of flowers - roses
Roses -- red means beauty or true love; white means forever, pink is for young love or infatuation; yellow for jealousy or friendship only;
Sage for wisdom and great respect
Snapdragon for a gracious lady, strength
Sunflower -- tall for false riches, pride; dwarf for adoration
Tulip for perfect lover, fame, flower emblem of Holland
Violet for modesty, virtue, affection
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Baby's Breath for innocence; a delicate touch
Bird of Paradise for magnificence, regal splendor; good fortune
Calla Lily for magnificent beauty
Carnation -- Red, admiration; White, good luck; pure and ardent love; Yellow, rejection and disdain; Striped, refusal; Pink, mother's love
Crocus for "abuse not"
Daisy for innocence; gentleness; loyal love.
Filbert for reconciliation
Iris -- yellow for passion
Ivy for marriage
Lavender for love and devotion
Lilac purple for new love
Lily for purity of heart
Lotus for estranged love, forgetful of the past
Mint for virtue
Orchid for love, beauty, refinement, thoughtfulness; Chinese symbol for many children
Poppy for eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination
Pussy Willow for motherhoodmeanings of flowers - roses
Roses -- red means beauty or true love; white means forever, pink is for young love or infatuation; yellow for jealousy or friendship only;
Sage for wisdom and great respect
Snapdragon for a gracious lady, strength
Sunflower -- tall for false riches, pride; dwarf for adoration
Tulip for perfect lover, fame, flower emblem of Holland
Violet for modesty, virtue, affection
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