71 Plants and Their Meanings

Now we have Hallmark and Emoji, but there was a time when people borrowed from the plant world to express themselves. While the use of flowers to transmit its feelings has been used for a long time in Persia and the Middle East, practice has really materialized in Victorian times.

And is it amazing? These Chastes victorians were not the most flirtatious group, so why not Say it with flowers? And beyond the Court Court, there was an appreciation of botany that Western culture seems to be missing now.

Today, we command a dozen red roses for our darling because it is the thing to do; But how much the intention to spin a missive with flowers and herbs was charming – an ode to love created by things that grow from the earth.

The meaning of floriography

Known as floriography, flowers have been sent to reveal secret feelings of love and affection – but flowers intended to present Woo could be organized differently to transmit a negative message instead. Just as the 19th century caused complicated social customs, the language of flowers too. So complex, in fact, that whole dictionaries have been devoted to the decoding of delicate disclosure.

Floriography entered the European imagination from 1809 with the publication of the list of Joseph Hammer-Pugstall, “Dictionary of the Language of Flowers”. The first traditional dictionary of Floriography, “La Langue des Fleur”, was published in 1819 by Louise Cortambert (under the name of pen Madame Charlotte de la Tour).

After that, the 19th century saw a flood of similar publications whose symbolic definitions were often different. According to some accounts, while Floriography spread to the United States and beyond, hundreds of different dictionaries of “flower language” have been published.

Since there were so many interpretations, it can be difficult to know exactly what was supposed to mean what. In this spirit, we turn to the former Almanac farmer for our list here. Because if you cannot trust the oldest periodical in published America, who can you trust?

And if you are trying to resume the lost art of floriography, you certainly would not want to send your darling, let’s say, to the lemonying balm for sympathy when what you really wanted to say was the heliotrope for true love, then make sure to pay particular attention!

Create your own coded bouquet

Inspire yourself from the following list.

Aloe: Healing, protection, affection

Angelic: Inspiration

Arborvitae: Immutable friendship

Baccalaureate button: Unique blessing

Basil: Good wishes

Bay: Glory

Susan with black eyes: Justice

Eyelet: Alas for my poor heart

Chamomile: Patience

Chives: Utility

Chrysanthemum: Cheerfulness

Clover, white: Think of me

Coriander: Hidden value

Cumin: Loyalty

Crocus, spring: Formerly of joy

Daffodil: Regard

Daisy: Innocence, hope

Dill: Powerful against evil

Edelweiss: Courage, devotion

Fennel: Flattery

Fern: Sincerity

Forget: Forget

Geranium, with oak leaves: True friendship

Golden: Encouragement

Heliotrope: Eternal love

Holly: Hope

Hollyhock: Ambition

Honeysuckle: Love links

Pierce: Health

Hyacinth: Constance of love, fertility

Hyssop: Sacrifice, cleanliness

Iris: A message

Ivy: Friendship, continuity

JasmineWhite: sweet love

Mantle of the lady: Comfort

Lavender: Devotion, virtue

Lemon balm: Sympathy

Lilac: Joy of youth

Lys-of-The-Valley: Candy

Marjoram: Joy and happiness

Mint: Virtue

Morning glory: Affection

Myrtle: The emblem of marriage, true love

Nasturtium: Patriotism

Oak: Strength

Oregano: Substance

Thought: Thoughts

Parsley: Festivity

Pine: Humility

Poppy, red: Consolation

Pink, red: Love, desire

Rosemary: Memory

Street: Grace, clear vision

Wise: Wisdom, immortality

Salvia, blue: I’m thinking of you

Salvia, red: Forever mine

Savory: Spices, interest

Sorrel: Affection

South wood: Constance, joke

Scent pea: Pleasures

Sweet William: Benchmark

Sweet Woodruff: Humility

Tansie: Hostile thoughts

Tarragon: Lasting interest

Thyme: Courage, strength

Tulip, red: Declaration of love

Valerian: Preparation

Purple: Loyalty, devotion, loyalty

Willow: Sadness

Yarrow: Eternal love

Zinnia: Thoughts of absent friends