s / » \ \ * * r rxsS Pub HLsfiedsby}lip-U$tenA Sfi tn.muou^OJ*<'at^'nostcr Rj)W. w THE ^amtMSooft OF THE LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS j CONTAINING THE NAME OF EVERY FLOWER TO WHICH A SENTIMENT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED : • ' WITH INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. Dy ROBERT TYAS, F.R.B.S. Author of “ The Sentiment of Flowers,” fyc- W itli a Coloured Frontispiece. A NEW EDITION CAREFULLY REVISED. LONDON: IiOULSTON AND STONE MAN, 65, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXLV. In preparing a new Edition of the “ Hand¬ book of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers” for the press # the Author has been encouraged, by the unusually large sale of former editions, to spare no expense in render¬ ing the present more worthy of its interesting contents. The peculiarly appropriate borders placed round each respective page impart an ornamental character to the book, which, it is presumed, cannot fail to excite the admira¬ tion of all lovers of flowers, for in them there is necessarily developed a keen and vivid per¬ ception of the beautiful in art as well as in nature. Never have we heard an expression of ardent delight escape the lips of any one, on beholding the simplest of Flora’s gifts, without legarding it as an indication of more titan ordinary refinement in the individual; and ft* iv advertisement. wherever we have had the opportunity of test¬ ing tliis opinion, Us correctness has been in¬ variably verified. Flowers have ever been closely allied with Poetry; they not only furnish subjects for the bard, but serve to enliven his verse by their appropriate introduction in beautiful similes, which, being readily appreciated, are treasured up in the storehouse of memory, to be thence drawn when we look on flowers, and so add a charm to objects which Nature has so bounti¬ fully clad with grace and leauty. It is, we belipve, the pleasure arising from association of ideas which renders the “Sentiment of Flowers ” of such intense interest to the ima¬ ginative mind ; it is purely poetical,—yes, ’T was a beautiful thought, to tell the tale, Of Love and of Friendship in flow ers ; Affection to bear on the flagrant gale Perfumed by odorous bowers ! To sing of our hopes,—of joy, and of fear, In the lovely blossoms of the changing year. GHje ^airthBoolt OF TUB LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENT OE FLOWERS. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. By all those token-flowers that tell What words c m ne'er express so well. Byron. Of all the varied productions of Nature, there is none more agreeable and pleasing to the senses and to the imagination than flowers. Historical and fabulous records connect them with great and important events. The Greeks and Romans deco¬ rated the altars of their gods with flowers in their holy feasts ; and they crowned THE LANGUAGE AND themselves with wreaths of flowers; and on days of great solemnity, placed bou¬ quets upon their tables. Keats thus rehearses the custom :—■ Garlands of every green, and every scent, From vales defloured, or forest trees branch-rent, In baskets of bright osiered gold were brought, High as the handles heaped, to suit the thought | , Of every guest, that each as he did please ^ i Might fancy fit his brows, silk-pillowed at his ease. O At their Bridal Festivals It was the custom there to bring away The bride from home at blushing shut of day, Veiled in a chariot, heralded along By strewn flowers, torches, and a marriage song. In modern times, flowers are introduced on festive occasions, in various places. On saints’ days, in Roman Catholic countries, “ processions are formed which i pass under arches bung with boughs, Ioccasionally pausing before altars covered ■'Cl SENTIMENT OP FLOWERS. 7 with flowers. There the eye dwells with delight on the most beautiful garlands, and the attendants, who are numerous, are/~f^ ornamented with the rarest flowers. The'" pi 1 streets are strewed with them; choristers carry baskets full of roses and yellow broom, which they throw at intervals p before the sacred altars. Ladies, too, who join the procession, bear baskets of flowers, which they offer to the saints. The sweet scents of the rose, cassia, jessamine, orange, and tuberose, mingle with the odour of the burning incense, and almost overpower the senses.” And we have May day, though now, alas ! the festivities of that day are be¬ comingless universally celebrated. Either the inhabitants of once “ merrie England” are less light hearted than in days of yore, or there is less sociality among us ; and Jh, iff Sr , 8 THE LANGUAGE AND perhaps the coldness of the season has tended somewhat towards its desuetude. But we must now turn more immedi¬ ately to notice flowers in connection with language, and we shall find that nearly all nations are acquainted with the lan¬ guage or sentiment of flowers. The cus¬ tom of using flowers as a means of con¬ veying thoughts and sentiments is of Eastern origin, and of very remote anti¬ quity ; we find them as images of some po¬ etical idea, or as representing a virtuous or vicious quality, frequently introduced in oriental writings, both sacred and pro¬ fane. Some, consecrated to tender and affectionate remembrances, serve to feed the melancholy mind ; while others, more numerous than the latter, awaken ideas of glory and happiness, or form a secret and mysterious language for the use of friends M *' 0 a sentiment of flowers. and lovers. Percival, in writing of the Sentiment of Flowers, thus sings :— In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, And tell in a garland their loves and cares ; Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers On its leaves a mystic language bears. The rose is the sign or joy and love, Young blushing love in its earliest dawn ; And the mildness that suits the gentle dove, From the myrtle’s snowy flower is drawn. Innocence shines in the lily’s bell Pure as a heart in its native heaven ; Tame's bright star and glory’s swell 13y the glossy leaf of the bay are given. The silent, soft, and humble heart, In the violet's bidden sweetness breathes; And the tender soul that cannot part, A twine of evergreen fondly wreathes. The cypress that darkly shades the grave, Is sorrow that mourns its bitter lot ; And faith that a thousand ills can brave, Speaks in thy blue leaves, forget-me-not. Then gather a wreath from thy garden bowers, And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. The Lady Mary Wortley Montague is 10 THE LANGUAGE AND supposed to have first made known this Eastern custom to Europeans. When re¬ siding at Pera she sent a Turkish love- letter to a friend in England, from which we extract the botanical emblems. Clove** • * ..You are as slender as tliis clove ! You are an unblown rose ! 1 have long loved you, and you have not known it. Jonquil•• ..Have pity on my passion ! Pear .Give me some hope! A Rose .* ..May you be pleased, and your sorrows mine ! A St raw**. Suffer me to be your slave ! Cinnamon. But my fortune is yours ! Pepper *• Send me an answer ! Her ladyship states, that there is no flower without a verse belonging to it ; and that it is possible to quarrel, re¬ proach, or send letters of passion, friend¬ ship, or civility, or even of news without ever inking the fingers. The sentiments which in our little y m m SENTIMENT OP EEOWERS. 11 hand-book we have ascribed to the flow¬ ers, are chiefly derived from the ancients, though some are of a more modern adap¬ tation. The ancients in assigning a flower as an emblem of some quality, did so either from its connection with some mythological, warlike, or historical event, or from the circumstance of the predomi¬ nating quality of the plant being similar to that which it was intended to repre¬ sent. In the research we were compelled to make, in preparing for publication “ The Sentiment of Flowers,”* we found that time, instead of rendering their sen¬ timents less appropriate, had confirmed their fitness, and continually added new charms to the language. Little study is necessary to become a * In most cases, this book gives the reason why n flower is made emblematical of the quality it repre¬ sents. 'PCs? 12 THE LANGUAGE AND proficient in the science here taught; Nature has been before us. It will he suf¬ ficient to give two or three rules, which the reader will do well to learn, and then by reference to the vocabulary, he will he enabled to converse in the language of flowers. By the first rule, a flower, pre¬ sented inclining to the right, expresses a thought; reversed, it is understood to convey the contrary of that sentiment. Foy example : — A rose-bud, with its thorns and leaves, is understood to say, "I fear, hut I hope.” The same reversed, would signify that “You must neither fear nor hope.” You may convey your sentiments very well by a single flower. As the second rule :—take the rose-bud which has already served us for an ex¬ ample, and strip it of its thorns, it tells you that “ There is everything to hope.” SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. 13 Strip it of its leaves, it will express that “ There is everything to fear.” The expression of nearly all flowers maybe varied by changing their position. Thus, the marigold, for example : placed upon the head, it signifies “ distress of mind;’’ upon the heart, “the pains of love upon the breast ennui.” It is also necessary to know that the pronoun I is understood by inclining the flower to the right, and the pronoun thou by inclin¬ ing it to the left. Such are the first principles of this mysterious language. Love and friend¬ ship ought to join their discoveries to render it more perfect; these senti¬ ments the most delightful in nature, are alone able to perfect what they have originated. We shall conclude this introduction 1 14 language and sentiment op flowers. with the following lines from Burns, on the “Emblems of Flowers.” Adowu winding Nith I did wander To mark the sweet flowers as they spring; Adown winding Nith I did wander, Of Phillis to muse and to sing. i » The daisy amused my fond fancy, So artless, so simple, so wild , Thou emblem, said 1, o’ my Phillis. For she is simplicity’s child. The rose-bud’s the blush o’my charmer, Her sweet balmy lip when , tis press’d ; How fair and how pure is the lily, But fairer and purer her breast. Yon knot of gay flowers in the harbour, They ne’er wi* my Phillis can vie ; Her breath is the breath of the woodbine, Its dew-drop o’ diamond her eye. Her voice is the song of the morning, That wakes through the green spreading g rove, When Phoebus peeps over the mountains, On music, and pleasure, and love. But beauty how frail and how fleeting, J. The bloom of a fine summer’s day ! While worth in the mind o’ my Phillis Will flourish without a decay. FLOWERS ^W‘1 WITH THE Sentiments totjtd) ttjeg Represent. A Broken Straw.Dissension; Rupture. A Rose Leaf..1 never importune. A Tuft of Moss.Maternal love. Acacia.Platonic love. Jev Acacia Rose.Elegance. Aconite; Wolf’s Bane.. Misanthropy. Aconite Leaved crow¬ foot, or fair Maid of /rf France .Lustre. African Marigold ....Vulgar minds. Agnus Castus.Coldness; to live with¬ out love. Agrimony.Thankfulness. Allspice (Calycanthus). Benevolence. Almond Laurel .Perfidy. Almond Tree .Indiscretion; Promise. THE LANGUAGE AND Aloe.Acute sorrow; Bitter¬ ness. Althcca frutex .Persuasion. Amaranth.Immortality, Amaryllis.Haughtiness; Pride. Ambrosia .Lore returned. American Cowslip ....You are my Divinity. A meihyst.Admiration. Angelica.Inspiration. Apple. #k Apple Blossom .... if Arbor Vitce . Old age. M Ash Tree . Aspen Tree . V it iWV V/r7 Asphodel . to the grave. Auricula .Painting. Austrian Rose.Very lovely. Azalea.Temperance. Bachelor’s Buttons ....Hope in love. Balm.Social intercourse. Balm gentle.Pleasantry. Balm of Gilead.Healing. SENTIMENT 0E FLOWERS. 17 vj Balsam (noli-me- tangere).Impatience. Barberry .Sourness; Sharpness. Basil .Hatred. Bee Ophrys .Error. Bee Orchis.Industry. Beech.Prosperity. Bear’s Breech (Acan¬ thus) .The Arts. Belladonna .Imagination. Bindweed .Extinguish. Bilberry.Treachery. Broom .Humility. Bittersweet Nightshade Truth. Black Mulberry Tree ..I will not survive you. Black Poplar .Courage. Black Thorn.Difficulty. Bladder Nut Tree.Frivolous Amusement. Blue Bottle Centaury .. Delicacy. Blue Canterbury Bell ..Constancy. Blue Periwinkle.Early Friendship. Blue Violet .Modesty. Borage .....Bluntness. Box.Stoicism. V ■Sfe 2 <■> f: 18 THE LANGUAGE AND Bramble.. Envy. Branch of Currants.... You please all. Branch of Thorns.Severity; Rigour. Bridal Rose.Happy love. Broom .Neatness. Buckbean.Calm; Repose. Bugloss.Falsehood. Burdock.Importunity. Buttercups.Ingratitude. Butterfly Orchis .Gaiety. Cabbage.Profit. Cacalia .Adulation. Cactus .I burn. Caila.Magnificent beauty. Camellia Japonica ....Unpretending excel¬ lence. Campanula, or pyrami¬ dal bell Flower.Gratitude. Candy Tuft .Architecture. Cardinal Flower .Distinction. Canary Grass.Perseverance. Carnation .Pride and Beauty. Carolina Rose.Love is dangerous.* CushewNut.Perfume. .... e=0t i SKNTIMSXT OP FI.OWERS. Cedar of Lebanon.Incorruptible. Cedar Tree ; Fennel... .Strength. Chamomile .Energy in adversity. Checkered Fritillary ..Persecution. Cherry Tree .Good Education. Chestnut Tree.Do me justice. China Aster .Variety. China, or Indian Pink.. Aversion. China, or monthly Rose.Beauty ever new. Chrysanthemum.Cheerfulness under ad¬ versity, Cinquefoil..Beloved daughter. Citron.Beauty with ill humour. Clove scented Pink .... Dignity. Cobcca .Gossip. Cock’s Comb (Crested Amaranth) .Singularity Columbine .Folly. Convolvulus, Blue ....Repose. Major....Dangerous insinuator. Pink ....Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection. Coreopsis .Always cheerful. OL _- fr-' F if £ 20 the language and Coriander.Hidden merit. Corn Cockle (Bose Cam- pion) .Gentility. Cornel Tree ..... Duration. Coronella .......Success crown wishes. Cowslip.. Pensiveness. Crown Imperial.Majesty, Power. Cuckoo Flower.Paternal error. Cuckoo Pint.Ardour. Cyclamen.Diffidence. Cypress and Marigold together.Despair. Cypress Tree ...Mourning. Daffodil...Deceitful hope. Dahlia ......Instability. Daisy, Michaelmas... .Cheerfulness. Daisy.Innocence. Dandelion.Oracle. Darnel, or Ray Grass . .Vice. Dead Leaves ..Sadness. Dew Plant.Serenade. Dittany of Crete .Birth. Dittany, "White.Passion. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. Dodder of Thyme.Baseness. Dog’s Bane(Apocynum)Deceit; Falsehood. Dragon Plant, Catchfly Snare. Ebony.Blackness. Eglantine, Sweetbriar..Poetry. Elder .Compassion. Enchanter’s NightshadeFascination. Endive .Frugality. Evening Primrose .... Inconstancy. Never ceasing remem¬ brance. Everlasting, or Cot¬ ton Weed. Everlasting Pea .Lasting pleasure. False Narcissus.Delusive hope. Fern ...Sincerity. Ficoides, or Ice Plant..Your looks freeze me. Field Anemone.Sickness. Fig.....Argument. Fig Marigold .Idleness. Fig Tree.Prolific. Fir Tree.Elevation. Flax ..I feel your kindness. Flax .Domestic Industry. Flax-leaved Goldylocks Tardiness. Flowering Fern.Reverie. r^= TIIE LANGUAGE AND Flower of an Hour ....Delicate Beauty. Fool's Parslev.Silliness. on/ Fox Glove.Insincerity. Kf' Foxtail Grass .Sporting. Fraxinella.Fire. t, ' French Honeysuckle ..Rustic heauty. ^ French Marigold.Jealousy. g' Fumitory .Spleen. f Garden Anemone.Forsaken. Daisy.I partake your senti¬ ments. Marigold ....Uneasiness Sc Jealousy. Ranunculus ..You are rich in attrac¬ tion. -Sage .Esteem. Garland of Roses.Reward of virtue. Geranium, Ivy.Bridal favour. Geranium Nutmeg ....Expected meeting. Gillyflower .Lasting beauty. Globe Amaranth.Unchangeable. Goat’s Rue.Reason. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. Gorse.Enduring affection. Grass.Utility. Guelder Rose.Winter of Age. Harebell.Grief. Hawk weed.Quick sightednes9. Hawthorn.Hope. Hazel. Reconciliation. Heath.Solitude. Hclenium.Tears. Hellebore .Female inconstancy. Heliotrope.Devotion. Hemlock .. You will cause my death Henbane .Imperfection. Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort.Confidence. Holly.Foresight. Hollyhock.Fruitfulness. Honesty(Lunaria) ....Honesty. Honey Flower.Love, sweet and secret. Honeysuckle.Bonds of Love. Hop.Injustice. HornbeamTree.Ornament. Horse Chestnut .Luxury. House Leek .Vivacity. m & w 24 THE LANGUAGE AND Houstonia Cerulea ....Content; Quiet happi¬ ness. Hoya . Sculpture. Harebell.Grief. Hyacinth .Game ; Play. Hydrangea (Hortensia)Boaster; you are cold. Indian, or Sweet Sca¬ bious .I have lost all. Indian Pink.Always lovely. Iris.Message. - German.Flame. Ivy.Friendship in Adversity. Japan Rose .Beauty is your only at- f traction. Jonquil .Desire. Juniper .Asylum, Protection. King’s Cups .I wish I was rich. Lady’s Mantle.Fashion. Lady’s Slipper.Fickleness. Larch; Pine .Boldness. Larkspur .Levity; Lightness. Laurel.Glory. Laurestine.I die if neglected. Lavender .Acknowledgment. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. 25 Lemon .Zest. Lettuce.Cold-hearted. Lilac..First emotion oflove. Lily of the Valley.Return of happiness. Linden, or Lime Tree. .Conjugal love. Lint.I feel all my obligations to you. Lobelia .Malevolence. Locust Plant.Affection beyond the grave. London Pride .Frivolity. Lotus Flower .Estranged love. Love lies Bleeding ....Desertion. Love in a mist.Embarrassment. Lucerne.Life. Lupine .Dejection. Lychnis.Religious enthusiasm. Madder. .....Calumny. Magnolia .Love of Nature. Maiden Hair.Discretion; Secrecy. Mallow .Sweet or mild disposi¬ tion. Manchineel Tree.Falsehood. Mandrake.Rarity. J r3 20 THE LANGUAGE AND Maple.Reserve. Marjoram.Blushes. Marvel of Peru.Timidity. Marygold.Inquietude. May Rose.Precocity. Meadow saffron.My best days are past. Meadowsweet.Uselessness. Mezereon .Desire to please. Michaelmas Daisy .... Afterthought. Mignonette .Your qualities surpass your charms. MilkVetch.......Your presence softens my pains. Mimosa.Courtesy. Mint; Snowball.Virtue. Mistletoe .I surmount all diffi¬ culties. Mock Orange, or Sy- ringa (Philadelphus)Fraternal love. Monk’s Hood .Knight Errantry. Moonwort..Forgetfulness. Moschatel.Weakness; Insignifi¬ cance. Moss Rose.Pleasures without alloy. fir^ SHE?®’ ' w \ IP SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. Moss Rose Bud.Confession. Moving Plant.Agitation. Mountain Laurel.Ambition. Mountain Pink.Aspiring. Mourning Geranium ..Despondency. Mouse-ear Chickweed ..Ingenious simplicity. Mushroom.Suspicion. Musk Rose.Capricious beauty. Myosotis, or Mouse Ear Forget-me-not. My robalan.Privation. Myrtle .Love. Nasturtium ..Patriotism. Nettle.Cruelty. Night Convolvulus ....Night. Night shade.Dark thoughts. Nosegay.Gallantry. Oak and Holly.Hospitality. Oak Leaf .Bravery &c Humanity. Olive Branch.Peace. Orange Flower.Chastity. Orange Tree.Generosity. Orchis.A belle. Oriental Persicaria ... .Restoration. Osier .Frankness. V* 28 THE LANGUAGE AND Palm .Victory. Pansy, or Heart’s Ease Thoughts, pensez k moi, Think of me. Parsley .Entertainment; Feast¬ ing. Pasque Flower Ane- . You are without pre- mone .) tension. Passion Flower.Belief; Religious su¬ perstition. Patience Dock ..Patience. Peach Blossom.I am your captive. Periwinkle.Sweet remembrances. Periwinkle, Red or White.Delightful recollections. Peruvian Heliotrope.. I love you; Infatuation. Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis)Sorrowful remem¬ brances. Phlox.Unanimity. Pimpernel .....Assignation. Pine ...Pity. Pine Apple .Keep your promises. Pink .;.Egotism. Plum Tree.You are perfect. Poet’s Narcissus.Lively & pure affection. # SENTIMENT OP EEOWERS. 29 Polyanthus .Pride of riches Pomegranate.Foolishness. Pompon Rose .Genteel; Pretty. Poppy.Consolation of sleep. Potato.Beneficence. Prickly Pear.Satire. Primrose .Early youth. Privet.Prohibition. Purple Cloves.Provident. Purple-eyed Succory, Hawkweed....Protection. Purple Lilac.Fastidiousness. Peony.Bashful shame. Plane Tree.Genius. Quaking Grass.Agitation. Queen’s Rocket.She will be fashionable. Ranunculus (R. Asi-v You are radiant with aticus). > charms. Raspberry or Bramble. .Remorse. Red Double Pink.Woman’s love. Red-leaved Rose ..Beauty and prosperity. Red Pink.Talent. Red Poppy ..Evanescent pleasure. Red Rose Bud.Pure and lovely. 013 ■ ■■ SO TIIE LANGUAGE AND Red Tulip.Declaration of love. Red Valerian ........Accommodatingdispo¬ sition. Reeds.Music. Rest Harrow.Obstacle. Ring Flower.Marriage. ' V*-. Rhododendron.Danger. ^ Rocket .Rivalry. Rock Madwort.Tranquillity. Rock Rose (Cistus) ... .Popular favour. Rose .Beauty. [i-^AA Rose Bud .Young girl. -Damask.Freshness, or bloom of ; / complexion. Rose coloured Primrose Unpatronized merit. Rosebay V/illowherb ..Celibacy. Rosemary ..Your presence revives me. /' Preference.Preference. l! Rudbeckia.Justice. Rue.Purification. Rush .Docility, Complaisance. Saffron (Crocus sativus)Mirth; Excess is dan¬ gerous. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. SI Sardony.Irony. Scabious, Dark Blue ..Unfortunate attach¬ ment; Mourning Bride. J Scarlet Fuchsia.Taste. Scarlet Geranium ....Comforting. Scarlet Ipomooa; Indian Jasmine.I attach myself to you. Scarlet Lily .High soul. Scarlet Nasturtium .... Splendour. Scarlet Poppy.Fantastic extravagance. Sea Lavender .Dauntlessness. Serpentine Cactus ....Horror. Service Tree .Prudence. Silver-Leaved Geraniurnltccall. Small Bind Weed ....Obstinacy. Small Cape Marigold..Presage. Snake’s Tongue .Slander. Snap Dragon.Presumption. Snowball Tree.Age. Snowdrop.Consolation. Sorrowful Geranium .. Melancholy Spirit. Southern Wood .Jest, Bantering. Spanish Jasmine.Sensuality. K THE LANGUAGE AND Speedwell. Resemblance. Spider Ophrys.. .Skill. Spiderwort. Transient happiness. Spindle Tree. Your image is engrav on my heart. Spring Crocus . .Youthful gladness. Spring Grass (Antho xanthum) . .Fragrance. Spruce Pine. ■ Hope in adversity. St. John’s Wort . .Superstition. Stinging Nettle . .Scandal. Stramonium. .Disguise. Strawberry.. .Perfect excellence. Striped Pink, or Car - nation. .Refusal. Starwort. .Afterthought. Strawberry Tree. .False pretension. Sunflower. .False riches. Swallow-wort.... Medicine. Sweet-scented Clematis Artifice. Sweet-scented Tussi- -i Justice shall be done lage, or Coltsfoot.. ) you. Sweet Pea. .Delicate Pleasure. Sweet William. .Finesse. jf|M ip£ SEN'TIMEXT OF FI OWEBS. 33 Sweet Sultan; Blue Bottle.Felicity. Tall Sunflower.Lofty & pure thoughts Tamarisk.Crime. Tansy jTremellaNostocResistance. Teasle.Misanthropy. Ten Weeks’ Stock .... Promptitude. Thistle.Austerity. Thorn Apple ; Monk’s Hood.Deceitful charms. Thrift ..Sympathy. Throat Wort.Neglected beauty. Thyme.Activity. Toothwort.Secret love. Trefoil.. ...Unity. Truffle.Surprise. Trumpet Flower (Big- nonia).Separation. Tuberose.Voluptuousness. Tulip Tree.Fame. Turnip & Wild Grape.. Charity. Variegated Tulip.Beautiful eyes. Various Coloured Lan- tana.Rigour. 31 THE LANGUAGE AND Venice Sumach.Intellectual excellence Venus’ Looking Glass.Flattery. Verbena.Sensibility. Vernal Grass.Poor, but Happy. Veronica.Fidelity in Friendship. Vervain.Enchantment. Vine. Intoxication. Virginian Jasmine.... Separation. Virgin’s Bower.Filial love. Wake Robin.Ardour. Wallflower.Fidelity in adversity. Water Lily.Eloquence. Water Melon.Bulkiness. Water Willow.Freedom. Weeping Willow.Melancholy. Wlieat.Riches. White Daisy.I will think of it. White Jasmine..Amiability. White Lilac.Youth. White Lily.Purity and Modesty. White Mulberry Tree .Wisdom. White Mullein.Good Nature. White Periwinkle.Pleasures of Memory. White Pink.Fair and Fascinating. tr f ft Ml Sr tti SENTIMENT OF FEOWERS White Poplar.Time. White Poppy.Sleep of the heart. White Rose.Silence. White Rose Bud.Heart ignorant of love White Violet.Candour. White Water Lily.Purity of heart. Wild Honeysuckle_Inconstancy in love. Wild, or Dog Rose ... Simplicity. Wild Plum Tree.Independence. Wild Sorrel.Paternal affection j; WillowHerb; LythrumPretension. Winter Cherry.Deception." Witch Hazel.Spell bound. Woodbine.Fraternal love. Wood Sorrel.Maternal tenderness. Wormwood.Absence. Yarrow; Milfoil.War. Yellow Amaryllis.Pride. Yellow Carnation.Disdain. Yellow Day Lily; Me- zereon.Coquetry. Yellow Iris.Flame. Yellow Jasmine.Grace and Elegance. Yellow Lily.Playful gaiety. _ if 1 SENTIMENTS AND TIIK JTotocrs fin fcolrid) tlic» arc Represented. A belle.Orchis. Absence.Y/ormwood. Accommodating dispo¬ sition .Red Valerian. Acknowledgment.Lavender. Activity. . ..Thyme. Acute sorrow; Bitter¬ ness .Aloe. Admiration.Amethyst. Adulation.Cacalia. Affection beyond the grave.Locust Plant. Afterthought.Starwort. Afterthought.Michaelmas Daisy. Agitation.Moving Plant. Agitation.Quaking Grass. 38 THE LANGUAGE AND Always cheerful.Coreopsis. Always lovely.Indian Pink _a/V Ambition.Mountain Laurel. ' Amiability.White Jasmine. Architecture.Candy Tuft. iQj Ardour.Wake Robin; Cuckoo , I > pint - Vy Jg Argument.Fig. A-'? Artifice.Sweet-scentedClematis 'l Arts (The). Bear’s Breech (Acan¬ thus). yi Age.Snowball Tree. t]/n Aspiring...Mountain Pink ■ ^ Assignation .Pimpernel. Asylum; Protection... Juniper Austerity.Thistle. , ( , Aversion.China, or Indian Pink. j Baseness.Dodder of Thyme. II Bashful shame.Peony Beautiful eyes.Variegated Tulip. // Beauty.Rose. Beauty and prosperity.Red-leaved Rose. Beauty is your only at- n SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. 39 rt Beauty ever new.China, or Monthly Rose W Beauty with illhumourCitron. Belief; Religious su¬ perstition.Passion Flower. I Beloved daughter.Cinquefoil. Beneficence.Potato. Benevolence.Allspice (Caly can thus). Birth.Dittany of Crete. Blackness .Ebony. Bluntness.Borage. Blushes.Marjoram. Boaster; You are cold.Hydrangea(Hortensia) Boldness.Larch; Pine. Bonds of Love.Honeysuckle. Bravery & Humanity.Oak Leaf. Bridal favour.Ivy Geranium. Bulkiness.Water Melon. Calm; Repose.Buckbean. Calumny.Madder. Candour.White Violet. Capricious beauty.Musk Rose. Celibacy..Rosebay Willowherb. Charity.Turnip & Wild Grape Chastity... Orange Flower. 40 THE LANGUAGE AND Cheerfulness .Michaelmas Daisy. Cheerfulness under ad- Confession.Moss Rose Bud. Confidence.Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort Yy,YJ f\fiK Conjugal love. Linden, or Lime Tree. Wf Consolation. Snowdrop. > i a i? Consolation of sleep.. Poppy. %{!$£* Constancy. Blue Canterbury Bell. m,\[s7 Contentj Quiet happi- ness. Houstonia Coerulea. AfjjsL^* Coquetry. Yellow Day Lily; Me- ^4\lT zeron. Courage. Black Poplar. Courtesy. Mimosa. Crime. Tamarisk. iligj,/ Crueltv. Nettle. Danger. Rhododendron. versity. Chrysanthemum. Cold-hearted. Lettuce. ^ • v] Coldness ; to live with out love. Agnus Castus. VIA Comforting. Scarlet Geranium. Compassion. Elder. A-\Ot i % SENTIMENT OK FLOWERS. 41 Dangerous insinuator..Convolvulus Major. Dark thoughts.Night shaae. Dauntlessness.Sea Lavender. Deceit; Falsehood.... Dog’sBane(Apocynum) Deceitful charms.Thorn Apple; Monk’s Hood. Deceitful hope.Daffodil. Deception.Winter Cherry. Declaration of love.... Red Tulip. Dejection.Lupine. Delicacy.Blue Bottle Centaury. Delicate Beauty.Flower of an Hour. Delicate pleasure.Sweet Pea. Delightfulrecollections Periwinkle, Red or White. Delusive hope.False Narcissus. Desire.;.Jonquil. Desire to please.Mezereon. Desertion.Love lies Bleeding. Despair.Cypress and Marygold together. Despondency.Mourning Geranium. Devotion.Heliotrope. Difficulty..Black Thorn. to llM A> K'? 42 THE LANGUAGE AND Diffidence.Cyclamen. Dignity.Clove scented Pink. Discretion ; Secrecy...Maiden Hair. Disdain.Yellow Carnation, Diguise.Stramonium. Dissension; Rupture.. A Broken Straw. Distinction......Cardinal Flower. Do me justice.Chesnut Tree. Docility;Complaisance.Rush. Domestic Industry.... Flax. Duration.Cornel Tree. Early Friendship.Blue Periwinkle. Early youth.Primrose. Egotism.Poet’s Narcissus. Elegance.Acacia Rose. Elevation.Fir Tree. Eloquence.Water Lily. Embarrassment.Love in a Mist. Enchantment.Vervain. Enduring affection.... Gorse. Energy in adversity... Chamomile. Entertainment; Feast¬ ing.Parsley Envy.Bramble. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. 4iy Error.Bee Ophrys. ' ' ' Esteem.Garden Sage. Estranged love.Lotus Flower. Evanescent pleasure.. Red Poppy. Expected meeting.... Nutmeg Geranium. Extinguish.Bindweed. Fair and fascinating... White Pink. False pretension.Strawberry Tree. False riches.Sunflower. Falsehood.Manchineel Tree. Falsehood.Bugloss. Fame.Tulip Tree. Fantastic extravagance.Scarlet Poppy. Fascination.Enchanter’sNightshade Fashion.Lady’s Mantle. Fastidiousness.Purple Lilac. Felicity.Sweet Sultan; Bottle. Female inconstancy.. Hellebore. Fickleness.Lady’s Slipper. Fidelity in Adversity.. Wallflower. Fidelity in Friendship .Veronica. Filial love. ..Virgin’s Bower. Finesse. Sweet William. 44 'HE LANGUAGE AND Fire.Fraxinclla. First emotion of love.Lilac. Flame.Yellow Iris. Flattery.Venus’ Looking' Glass. Folly.Columbine. Foolishness.Pomegranate. Foresight.Holly. Forget-me-not ....... Myosotis or Mouse Ear Forgetfulness.Moonwort. Forsaken.Garden Anemone. Fragrance.Spring Grass (Anthox- anthum) Frankness.Osier. Fraternal love.Woodbine; Mock Orange, or Syringa (Philadelphus). Freedom.Water Willow. Freshness, or bloom of complexion.Damask Rose. Friendship in Adversity.Ivy. Frivolity.London Pride. Frivolous Amusement.Bladder Nut Tree. Frugality.Endive. Fruitfulness.Hollyhock. SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS. Gaiety.Butterfly Orchis. Gallantry.Nosegay. Game; Play .Hyacinth. Generosity.Orange Tree. Genius.Plane Tree. Genteel; Pretty.Pompon Rose. Gentility.Corn Cockle (Rose Campion). Glory .Laurel. Good Education.Cherry Tree. Good Nature.White Mullein. Goodness.Goosefoot (Bonus Hen- ricus). Gossip..-. Cobcca. Grace and Elegance .. Yellow Jasmine. ) Graces.Ash Tree. Grandeur.Hundred-leaved Rose. Gratitude.Campanula, or Pyrami¬ dal Bell Flower. Grief.Harebell. Happy love.Bridal Rose. Hatred ..Basil. Haughtiness; Pride...Amaryllis. Healing.Balm of Gilead. it; jA — 46 THE LANGUAGE AND Heart ignorant of loveWhite Rose Bud. liVrx Hidden merit .Coriander. >, &LM' High soul.Scarlet Lily. fi 1 Honesty.Honesty (Lunaria). ! Hope...Hawthorn. ^ Hope in adversity.Spruce Pine. ^ Hope in love.Bachelor’s Buttons. Horror....,.Serpentine Cactus. A) Hospitality.Oak and Holly. (. Humility— . .Broom. r, I am your captive.Peach Blossom. ^1 attach myself to you.Scarletlpomasa; Indian Jasmine. I burn.Cactus. I die if neglected.Laurestine. I feel all my obligations to you.. .. Lint. I feel your kindness... Flax. /1 have lost all.Indian, or Sweet Sca¬ bious. Hove you; InfatuationPeruvian Heliotrope. I never importune.... A Rose Leaf. I partake your senti¬ ments .Garden Daisy. SENTIMENT OP FLOWERS. 47 ^ I surmount all diffi¬ culties.Missel toe. I will not survive you .Black Mulberry Tree. 1 will think of it.White Daisy. I wish I was rich.King's Cups. Idleness.FigMarygold. Imagination.Belladonna. Immortality .Amaranth. Impatience.Balsam (noli-me- tangere). ; Imperfection.Henbane. Importunity.Burdock. Inconstancy.Evening Primrose Inconstancy in love... Wild Honeysuckle. Incorruptible.Cedar of Lebanon. Independence . ..Wild Plum Tree. Indiscretion ; PromiseAlmond Tree. Industry.Bee Orchis. Infidelity.Yellow Rose. '^Ingenious simplicity .Mouse-ear Chickwccd. Ingratitude.Buttercups. Injustice.Hop. Innocence .Daisy. Inquietude.Marygold. he? IQ: \A 49 TUB LANGUAGE AND Insincerity.Fox Glove. Inspiration.Angelica. Instability .Dahlia. Intellectual excellence Venice Sumach. Intoxication.Vine. Irony.Sardony. Jealousy.French Marygold. Jest, Bantering.Southern Wood. Justice.....Rudbeckia. Justice shall be done > Sweet-scented Tussi- you. * lage, orColtsfoot. Keep your promises... Plum Tree. Knight Errantry.Monk’s Hood. Lamentation.Aspen Tree. Lasting beauty.Gillyflower. Lasting pleasure.Everlasting Pea. Levity; Lightness.... Larkspur. Life.Lucerne. Lively & pure affection Pink. Lofty & pure thoughts.Tall Sunflower. Love.Myrtle. Love is dangerous.... Carolina Rose. Love of Nature .Magnolia. Love returned.Ambrosia. ,«f*3 ; M-'i, : ^41w ^ SENTIMENT OE ELOWERS. 4g Love, sweet and secret.Honey Flower. Lustre. Aconite Leaved Crow¬ foot or fair Maid of France Luxury.Horse Chesnut. Magnificent beauty... Calla. Majesty; Power.Crown Imperial. Malevolence.Lobelia. Marriage.Ring Flower. Maternal love... A tuft of Moss. Maternal Tenderness. Wood Sorrel. Medicine.Swallow-wort. Melancholy..Weeping Willow. Melancholy spirit.Sorrowful Geranium. Message.Iris. Mirth; Excess is dan¬ gerous.Saffron (Crocus salivus) Misanthropy.Teasle; Aconite; Wolf’s Bane. Modesty.. Blue Violet. Mourning... Cypress Tree. Music.Reeds. My regrets follow you to the grave.Asphodel. * ? \yj i & -4 |i (r I 50 the language and Hy best clays arepast.Meadow saflron. Neatness.Broom. Neglected Beauty.Throat Wort. Never ceasing remem- i Everlasting, or Cot- brance. S ton Weed. Night.NightConvolvulus. Obstacle...Rest Harrow. Obstinacy.Small Bind Weed.' Oracle.Dandelion. Ornament.. Hornbeam Tree. Painting.Auricula. Passion.White Dittany. Paternal Affection.... Wild Sorrel. Paternal error.Cuckoo Flower. Patience.Patience Dock. Patriotism. .Nasturtium. Peace.Olive Branch. Pensiveness.Cowslip. Perfect excellence.... Strawberry. Perfidy,.Almond Laurel. Perfume.Cashew Nut. Persecution.Checquered Fritillary. Perseverance.Canary Grass. Persuasion.Althrca Frutex.