Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site scorplx.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!scorplx!neerja From: neerja@scorplx.UUCP (Neerja Sharma) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Flowers Message-ID: <137@scorplx.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 10:27:12 EDT Article-I.D.: scorplx.137 Posted: Thu Aug 9 10:27:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:19:29 EDT References: <715@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: Honeywell Info. Systems, Billerica, MA Lines: 60 ! ! Read it in some magazine??? a while ago. F L O W E R T A L K --------------------- Ages ago, admirers picked posies for their meaning as well as beauty. Want to send your own message? Here's the traditonal "language" of flowers. (P.S. An upside-down blossom means the opposite.) African violet: Such worth is rare Apple blossom: Preference Bachelor's button: Celibacy Bay leaf: I change but in death Camelia: Reflected loveliness Chrysanthemum, red: I love Chrysanthemum, white: Truth Chrysanthemum, other color: Slitghted love Clover: Be mine Crocus: Abuse not Daffodil: Innocence Forget-me-not: True love Fuchsia: Fast Gardenia: Secret, untold love Honeysuckle: Bonds of love Ivy: Friendship, fidelity, marriage Jasmine: Amiablity, transports of joy, sensuality Leaves (dead): Melancholy Lilac: Youthful innocence Lilly: Purity, sweetness Lilly of the valley: Return of happiness Magnolia: Dignity, perseverance Marigold: Jealousy Mint: Virute Orange blossom: Your purity equals your loveliness Orchid: Beauty, magnificence Pansy: Thoughts Peach blossom: I am your captive Petunia: Your presence soothes me Poppy: Sleep Rose, any color: Love Rose, deep red: Bashful shame Rose, single, pink: Simplicity Rose, thornless, any color: Early attachment Rose, white: I am worthy of you Rose, yellow: Decrease of love, rise of jealousy Rosebud, white: Girlhood, and a heart ignorant of love Rosemary: Rememberance Sunflower: Haughtiness Tulip, red: Declaration of love Tulip, yellow: Hopeless love Violet, blue: Faithfulness Violet, white: Modesty Zinnia: Thoughts of absent friends