The Forgotten Language of Flowers

[KittyLane]

~Q~

Quaking-Grass: Agitation

Quamoclit: Busybody

Queen of the Meadow: Uselessness

Queen's Rocket: You are the queen of coquettes; Fashionable

Quince: Temptation

~R~

Ragged-robin (Lychnis): Wit

Ranunculus: You are radiant with charms; I am dazzled by your charms

Ranunculus, Garden: You are radiant with charms; You are rich in
attractions

Ranunculus, Wild: Ingratitude

Raspberry: Remorse

Ray Grass: Vice

Red Bay: Memory

Red Catchfly: Youthful love

Reeds: Music, musical

Reed, Split: Indiscretion

Rest Harrow: Obstacle

Rhubarb: Advice

Rocket: Rivalry

Rose, Austrian: Thou art all that is lovely

Rose, Bridal: Happy love

Rose, Burgundy: Unconscious beauty

Rose, Cabbage: Ambassador of love

Rose, Campion: Only deserve my love

Rose, Carolina: Love is dangerous

Rose, Christmas: Tranquilize my anxiety

Rose, Cinnamon: Without pretension

Rose, Coral: Desire

Rose, Damask: Brilliant complexion; Freshness; Persian Ambassador of Love

Rose, Dark Crimson: Mourning

Rose, Dark Pink: Thankfulness

Rose, Deep Red: Bashful shame;

Rose, Dog: Pleasure and pain;

Rose, Full-blown: You are beautiful

Rose, Hibiscus: Delicate beauty

Rose, Inermis: Ingratitude

Rose, Lavender: Enchantment

Rose Leaf: I never trouble; You may hope

Rose, Maiden's Blush: If you love me, you will discover it

Rose, Musk: Capricious beauty

Rose, Orange: Fascination

Rose, Pale Peach: Modesty

Rose, Pale Pink: Grace; Joy

Rose, Pink: Perfect happiness, please believe me; Friendship

Rose, Red: I love you; Passionate Love

Rose, Red Leaved: Wishes for Prosperity

Rose, Sweetbrier: Sympathy

Rose, Tea: Always lovely; I'll remember

Rose, Thornless: Love at first sight

Rose, White: Innocence and purity, I am worthy of you, You're heavenly, Secrecy and silence

Rose; White-dried: Death is preferable to loss of virtue

Rose, White, Full: I am worthy of you

Rose, White (withered): Transient impression

Rose, White and Red together: Unity; Flower Emblem of England

Rose, Wild, Single: Simplicity

Rose, Yellow: Decrease of love; Infidelity; Unfaithfulness; Jealousy; Joy; Friendship

Rose, York and Lancaster: War

Roses, Garland of: Reward of virtue; Crown Symbol of Superior Merit

Roses, Wreath of: Reward of virtue;

Rosebay (Rhododendron): Beware; Danger

Rosebud: Confession of love; Young girl; Beauty and Joy; A Heart Innocent of Love

Rosebud, Moss: Confession of love;

Rosebud, Red: Pure and lovely; You are young and beautiful

Rosebud, White: The heart that knows not love; Girlhood; Too young to love

Roses, Bouquet of full bloom: Gratitude

Roses, Musk Cluster: Charming

Roses, Single full bloom: I love you, I still love you

Rosemary: Your presence revives me; Remembrance

Rudbeckia: Justice

Rue: Disdain

Rue, Wild: Manners

Rush: Docility

Rye Grass: Changeable disposition

[KittyLane]

~S~

Saffron/Saffron Flower: Do not abuse; Excess is dangerous; Beware of
excess

Saffron Crocus: Do not abuse me

Saffron, Meadow: My happiest days are past

Sage: Esteem; Domestic Virtue; We have a wonderful family/household

Sage, Garden: Esteem

Sainfoin: Agitation

Saint John's Wort (Hypericum): Animosity; Superstition; You are a prophet

Sardonia: Irony

Sardony: Irony

Satin-flower (Lunaria): Sincerity; Forgetfulness; Am I forgotten?

Saxifrage, Mossy: Affection

Scabious: Unfortunate love

Scabious, Sweet: Widowhood

Scarlet Lychnis: Sunbeaming eyes

Schinus: Religious enthusiasm

Scotch Fir: Elevation

Scotch Thistle: Retaliation

Scratch Weed: Roughness; Hardness, harshness

Sensitive Plant: Timidity; Modesty;Sensibility; Delicate feelings; Sensitiveness

Senvy: Indifference

Serpent Cactus: Horror; Surprise

Service Tree : Prudence

Shamrock: Light-heartedness

Shepherd's Purse: I offer you my all

Silver Weed: Naivete

Smilax: Loveliness

Snakesfoot: Horror; Terror

Snake's Lounge: Slander

Snapdragon: Presumption; No, never; Deception; Gracious lady

Snowball: Bound; Thoughts of heaven

Snowdrop: Hope; Consolation, A friend in adversity

Sorrel: Wit ill-timed; Parental affection

Sorrel, Wild: Wit ill-timed

Sorrel, Wood: Joy

Southernwood: Jest; Bantering;

Spanish Jasmine: Sensuality; I think you're sexy

Spearmint: Warm feelings; Warmth of sentiment

Speedwell: Female fidelity; I remain faithful

Speedwell, Germander: Facility

Speedwell, Veronica: Female fidelity;

Spider, Ophrys: Adroitness

Spider Flower: Elope with me

Spiderwort: Esteem not love; Esteem, but not love

Spiked Willow Herb: Pretension

Spindle-tree: Your charms are engraven on my heart; Your image is
engraved on my heart

Spotted Arum" Ardor, great warmth

Spring Caroline: Disappointment

Star of Bethlehem: Reconciliation;
Purity; Guidance

Starwort: Afterthought;

Starwort, American: Welcome to a stranger; Cheerfulness in old age

Stephanotis: Happiness in marriage, Desire to travel

Stock: Lasting beauty; Bonds of affection, Promptness; You'll always be beautiful to me

Stock, Ten-week: Promptness

Stonecrop: Tranquility

Stramonium, Common: Disguise

Straw: Agreement; United

Straw, Broken: Rupture of a contract; Quarrel, contention

Straw, Whole: Union, unity

Strawberry: Perfect excellence

Strawberry Tree (Arbutus): Esteem and love

Sumac/Sumach: Splendid misery

Sumach, Venice: Splendour; Intellectual excellence

Sunflower: False riches;

Sunflower, Dwarf: Your devout admirer; Adoration; I adore you

Sunflower, Fall: Pride

Sunflower, Tall: Lofty and wise thoughts; Haughtiness

Swallow-wort: Cure for heartache

Sweet Basil: Good wishes; I send sweet wishes

Sweet Briar : Poetry; Simplicity

Sweetbrier, American: Simplicity

Sweetbrier, European: I wound to heal

Sweetbrier, Yellow: Decrease of love; Let us forget

Sweet Flag: Fitness

Sweet Pea: A meeting; Delicate pleasures; Departure, Blissful Pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time; Goodbye

Sweet Sultan: Felicity; Happiness; Felicity; Widowhood

Sweet William: Artifice; Dexterity; Gallantry; Will you smile?

Sycamore: Curiosity

Syringa: Memory; Fraternal love

Syringa, Carolina: Disappointment

Syringia: Memory

[KittyLane]

~T~

Tamarisk: Crime

Tansy: I declare against you

Tare: Vice

Teasel: Misanthropy

Tendrils of Climbing Plants: Ties

Tendrils of Plants: Ties

Thistle: Austerity; Sternness

Thistle, Common:; Austerity

Thistle, Fuller's: Misanthropy

Thistle, Scotch: Retaliation

Thorn Apple: Deceitful charms

Thorn, Black: Difficulty

Thorn, Branch of: Severity

Thorns: Severity

Thrift: Sympathy

Throatwood (Pulmonaria): Neglected beauty

Throatwort: Neglected beauty

Thyme: Activity

Tiger Flower: May pride befriend thee, For once my pride befriended me

Touch me not, Balsam: Impatience

Traveller's Joy: Safety, security

Tree of Life: Old age

Trefoil: Revenge

Tremella: Resistance

Tremella Nestoc: Opposition, resistance

Trillium Pictum: Modest beauty

Triptilion Spinosum: Be prudent

Truffle: Surprise

Trumpet Flower: Separation; Fame

Tuberose: Dangerous pleasures; Voluptuousness; Sweet voice

Tulip, General: Declaration of love; Fame; flower emblem of Holland; Perfect Lover

Tulip, Red: Declaration of love; Believe Me

Tulip Tree: Rural happiness; Fame

Tulip, Variegated: Beautiful eyes

Tulip, Yellow: Hopeless love; I am hopelessly in love; There's sunshine in your smile

Turnip: Charity

Tussilage, Sweet-scented: Justice shall be done you

[KittyLane]

~V~

Valerian: Facility; Accommodating disposition

Valerian, Greek: Rapture

Valerian, Red: Readiness

Venice Sumach: Splendour; Intellectual excellence

Venus' Car: Fly with me

Venus's Flytrap: Caught at last

Venus's Looking-glass: Flattery

Venus' Trap: Deceit

Verbena: Sensibility; Sensitiveness

Verbena, Pink: Family union

Verbena, Purple: I weep for you; Regret

Verbena, White: Pray for me

Verinoca Speciosa: I dare not

Vernal Grass: Poor but happy

Veronica: Fidelity

Vervain: Enchantment

Vetch: I cling to thee; Shyness

Vine: Intoxication; Drunkenness

Violet, Blue: Faithfulness; Modesty, modest love; I will remain faithful; I'll always be true

Violet, Dame: Watchfulness; You are the queen of coquettes

Violet, Purple: You occupy my thoughts

Violet, Sweet: Modesty

Violet, White: Purity; Candor; Modesty; Innocence; Let's take a chance on happiness

Violet, Yellow: Modest worth; Rural happiness

Virginian Spiderwort: Momentary happiness

Virgin's Bower: Filial love

Viscaria Oculata: Will you dance with me?

Volkamenia: May you be happy

[KittyLane]

~W~

Wall Flower: Fidelity in misfortune; Fidelity in adversity

Walnut: Intellect; Stratagem

Watcher-by-the-wayside: Never despair

Water Lily: Purity of heart

Water Melon: Bulkiness

Wax Plant: Susceptibility

Weeping Willow: Forsaken; Melancholy

Wheat: Wealth; Riches; Prosperity

Whin: Anger

White Jasmine: Amiableness

White Julienne: Despair not

White Lily: Purity and modesty

White Mullein: Good nature

White Oak: Independence

White Pink: Talent

White Poplar: Time

White Rose (dried): Death preferable to loss of innocence; Death before loss of innocence

Whortleberry: Treachery; Treason

Willow, Common: Forsaken

Willow, Creeping: Love forsaken

Willow, French: Bravery and humanity

Willow-Herb: Pretension

Willow, Water: Freedom

Willow, Weeping: Mourning

Windflower: Desertion, Forsaken

Winter Cherry: Deception

Witch Hazel: A spell is on me

Woodbine: Fraternal love

Wood Sorrel: Joy; Maternal Tenderness

Wormwood: Absence

[KittyLane]

~X~

Xanthium: Rudeness; Pertinacity

Xeranthemum: Cheerfulness under adversity

~Y~

Yarrow: Cure for the heartache

Yew: Sadness; Sorrow; Penitence, repentance

~Z~

Zennae: Absent friends

Zephyr Flower: Expectation

Zinnia: I mourn your absence; Thoughts of absent friends

Zinnia, Magenta: Lasting Affection

Zinnia, Mixed: Thinking (or in memory) of an absent friend

Zinnia, Scarlet: Constancy

Zinnia, White: Goodness

Zinnia, Yellow: Daily Remembrance

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