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From: neerja@scorplx.UUCP (Neerja Sharma)
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Subject: Re: Flowers
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Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 10:27:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  9 10:27:12 1984
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Read it in some magazine??? a while ago.


		F L O W E R   T A L K
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	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