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| Flower | Meaning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | 1883(I) | 1883(II) | 1885/1892 | 1899 | |
| Daffodil | Chivalry | Unrequited love. | Regard | Regard | |
| Dahlia
(1853: A gorgeous plant with flowers of every variety of hue, and highly prized.---Mexico) |
Eloquence and dignity | Forever thine. | Dignity and elegance. | Instability | Elegance and dignity |
| Daisy | Innocence | Beauty and innocence | |||
| Daisy, Garden | I share your feelings. | I share your feelings. | I share your sentiments. | ||
| Daisy, Michaelmas | Farewell | Farewell | |||
| Daisy, Party-coloured | Beauty | ||||
| Daisy, Red | Beauty unknown to possessor. | ||||
| Daisy, Single Field | I will think of it. | ||||
| Daisy, White | Innocence | ||||
| Daisy, Wild | I will think of it. | I will think of it. | |||
| Damask Rose
(1853: A delightful scented variety of the rose, with pale red, and double flowers.) |
Bashful love | Brilliant complexion. | |||
| Dandelion
(1853: A naturalized weed, from England; yellow, flowers, which open a little after sunrise, and close before sunset.) |
Coquetry | Coquetry | Oracle; Coquetry. | Rustic oracle. | Coquetry; Lover's oracle |
| Dandelion Ball | Depart | ||||
| Daphne Mezereon
(OED: a member of the laurel family) |
I desire to please. | ||||
| Daphne Odora
(OED: a member of the laurel family) |
I would not have you otherwise. | Painting the lily. | |||
| Darnel (Ray grass) | Vice | ||||
| Datura | Deceitful charms. | ||||
| Deadleaves | Sadness | Sadness | Sadness | ||
| Dew Plant
(1853: A bright glossy, succulent leaved plant, with small crimson blossoms.--Cape of Good Hope) |
Serenade | Serenade | A Serenade. | A serenade | |
| Dianthus | Make haste | ||||
| Diosma
(OED: an African heath) |
Usefulness | ||||
| Dittany | Birth | ||||
| Dittany of Crete | Birth | Birth | |||
| Dittany of Crete, White | Passion | ||||
| Dittany, White | Passion | ||||
| Dock | Patience | Patience | Patience | ||
| Dodder | Meanness | Meanness; Baseness. | |||
| Dodder of Thyme | Baseness | Baseness, meanness | |||
| Dogsbane | Deceit. Falsehood. | Deceit | |||
| Dogwood, Flowering (Cornus) | Am I indifferent to you? | Durability | |||
| Double Daisy
(1853: A humble garden plant, with light crimson blossoms brought from England.) |
Participation | Participation, enjoyment | |||
| Dragon Plant
(1853: A grotesque blossom, with a long pointed body protruding from its centre, like a serpent's tongue.--N. America) |
A snare. | Snare | |||
| Dragonwort (1899: Dragon's-wort) | Horror | Astonishment | |||
| Dried Flax | Utility. | ||||
| Dyplidinia Brassinoda | You are too bold | ||||
| Ebony | Hypocrisy | Blackness | Blackness | Blackness | |
| Echites Atro-purporea | Be warned in time | ||||
| Eglantine
(OED and 1885: sweet-briar) |
I wound to heal. | Poetry; I wound to heal. | Poetry. I wound to heal. | I wound to heal; Poetry | |
| Elder | Compassion | Compassion | Zealousness | Compassion | |
| Elecampane | Tears | Tears | |||
| Elm
(1853: The finest of all our ornamental trees, native of Europe and America.) |
Dignity and grace | Dignity | Dignity | Dignity | |
| Enchanter's Nightshade | Witchcraft. Sorcery. | ||||
| Endine | Frugality | ||||
| Endive | Frugality | ||||
| Epigaea, Repens (Mayflower) | Budding beauty | ||||
| Eupatorium | Delay | Delay | |||
| Evening Primrose | Inconstancy | ||||
| Everflowering Candytuft | Indifference | ||||
| Evergreen
(1853: Trailing plants, in woods, keeping green all the year.) |
Poverty and worth | Poverty | |||
| Evergreen Clematis | Poverty | Poverty, want | |||
| Evergreen Thorn | Solace in adversity. | ||||
| Everlasting (Graphalium)
(1853: Dry pearly-headed, blossoming plants, growing wild in the fields; flowers unfading.) |
I think of thee. | Never ceasing memory | Always remembered. | Never-ceasing remembrance. | Never-ceasing remembrance |
| Everlasting Pea | Wilt thou go with me? | Lasting pleasure. | Go not away | ||
| Fennel | Force; Strength. | Worthy all praise. Strength. | Force | ||
| Fern
(1853: A dwarfish shrub, growing in crevices of sturdy rocks, and bearing its seeds on its leaf; North America.) |
Fascination | Sincerity | Fascination | Fascinating | |
| Fever Root | Delay | ||||
| Ficoides, Ice Plant | Your looks freeze me. | Addresses rejected | |||
| Fig | Argument | Longevity, long-lived | |||
| Fig Marigold | Idleness | ||||
| Fig Tree | Prolific | ||||
| Filbert | Reconciliation | Reconciliation | Reconciliation | ||
| Fir | Elevation | Time | |||
| Fir Tree | Elevation | Elevation | |||
| Flax | I feel your kindness. | I feel your benefits. | Domestic Industry. Fate. I feel your kindness. | I am sensible of your kindness | |
| Flax-leaved Goldy-locks (1899: Golden Locks) | Tardiness | Tardiness | |||
| Fleur-de-lis | Flame. I burn. | ||||
| Fleur-de-Luce | Fire. | ||||
| Flora's Bell | Without pretension | ||||
| Flos, Adonis | Painful recollections. | Painful recollections | |||
| Flowering Fern | Reverie | ||||
| Flowering Reed
(1853: A tropical plant, with broad leaves, and a spike of scarlet flowers; East Indies.) |
Confidence in Heaven. | Confide in heaven. | Confidence in Heaven. | ||
| Flowering Rush | Confidence in Heaven | ||||
| Flower-of-an-Hour | Delicate beauty | Delicate Beauty | |||
| Fly Orchis | Error | ||||
| Flytrap | Deceit | Artifice | |||
| Fools' Parsley | Silliness | ||||
| Forget-me-not
(1853: A delicate pale-blue flower.--England) |
True love | True love. | Do not forget. | True love. Forget me not. | Forget me not |
| Fox Glove
(1853: A tall, graceful plant, with very long stems, with are covered with purple or white flowers.--Great Britain.) |
I am ambitious only for you. | Insincerity; Occupation. | Insincerity | A wish | |
| Foxtail Grass | Sporting | Sport, fun | |||
| Francisca Latifolia | Beware of a false friend | ||||
| Fraxinella
(OED: Cultivated dittany) |
Fire | Fire | |||
| French Honeysuckle | Rustic beauty. | ||||
| French Marigold | Jealousy | ||||
| French Willow | Bravery and humanity. | ||||
| Fritilaria (Guinea-hen Flower) | Persecution | ||||
| Frog Ophrys | Disgust | Disgust | |||
| Fuchsia
(1853: A small shrubby plant, with crimson and purple blossoms; resembling a pendant ear-ring; Chili.) |
Humble love | The ambition of my love thus plagues itself. | Taste; Frugality. | ||
| Fuchsia, Scarlet | Taste | Taste | Taste | ||
| Fuller's Teasel | Misanthropy | ||||
| Fumitory | Spleen | Hatred | |||
| Furze | Anger | Love for all seasons | |||
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