The Language of Flowers
Aster: elegance and daintiness; jealousy
Baby's Breath: innocence; a delicate touch
Bird of Paradise: magnificence, regal splendor; good fortune
Calla Lily: magnificent beauty
Carnation -- Red: admiration; White: good luck, pure and ardent love; Yellow: rejection and disdain; Striped: refusal; Pink: mother's love
Crocus: "abuse not"
Daisy: innocence; gentleness; loyal love.
Iris: yellow for passion
Ivy: marriage
Lavender: love and devotion
Lilac: purple for new love
Lily: purity of heart
Lotus: estranged love, forgetful of the past
Mint: virtue
Orchid: love, beauty, refinement, thoughtfulness
Poppy: eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination
Pussy Willow: for motherhood meanings of flowers
Roses: Red: beauty or true love; white: forever, pink: young love or infatuation; yellow: jealousy or friendship only
Snapdragon: a gracious lady, strength
Sunflower: tall for false riches, pride; dwarf for adoration
Tulip: perfect lover, fame, flower emblem of Holland
Violet: modesty, virtue, affection