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| Flower | Meaning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | 1883(I) | 1883(II) | 1885/1892 | 1899 | |
| Laburnum | Pensive beauty | Pensive beauty. | Forsaken. Pensive Beauty. | ||
| Lady's Slipper | Capricious beauty | Capricious beauty. | Capricious Beauty. Win me and wear me. | Capricious beauty | |
| Lagerstraemia, Indian | Eloquence | ||||
| Lagerstroema (Cape Myrtle) | Eloquence | ||||
| Lantana | Rigor | Rigor | Rigour | ||
| Larch | Boldness | Boldness; Audacity. | Audacity. Boldness. | Audacity, boldness | |
| Larkspur | Fickleness | Lightness. Levity. | Levity, hilarity | ||
| Larkspur, Pink | Lightness; Fickleness. | Fickleness | Fickleness | ||
| Larkspur, Purple | Haughtiness | ||||
| Laurel | Glory | Glory | |||
| Laurel, American | Words, though sweet, may deceive. | ||||
| Laurel, Common, in flower | Perfidy | ||||
| Laurel, Ground | Perseverance | ||||
| Laurel, Mountain | Glory; Victory; Ambition. | Ambition | Ambition of a hero | ||
| Laurel-leaved Magnolia | Dignity | ||||
| Laurestina/Laurestine/Laurestinus/Laurustina | I die if neglected. | I die if neglected. | A token. I die if neglected. | I die if neglected | |
| Lavatera | Sweet disposition. | Sweet disposition | |||
| Lavender | Distrust | Mistrust | Distrust | ||
| Leaves (dead) | Melancholy | ||||
| Lemon | Zest | ||||
| Lemon Blossom | Discretion | Prudence; Discretion. | Fidelity in love. | Discretion | |
| Lettuce
(1853: A well-known garden succulent.) |
Cold-hearted | Cold-hearted | Cold hearted; Coolness. | Cold-heartedness | Cold-hearted, coldness |
| Lichen | Dejection | Dejection. Solitude. | |||
| Licorice, Wild | I declare against you. | ||||
| Lilac | First emotion of love. | ||||
| Lilac, Field | Humility | ||||
| Lilac, Purple | First emotions of love | First emotions of love. | First emotion of love | ||
| Lilac, White | Youth | Youth | Youthful Innocence. | Candor | |
| Lily | Purity; modesty | ||||
| Lily of the Valey [sic] | Return of happiness | Return of happiness. | Return of happiness | Return of happiness | |
| Lily, Day | Coquetry | Coquetry | Coquetry | ||
| Lily, Imperial | Majesty | Majesty | |||
| Lily, Scarlet | High-bred, high-souled | ||||
| Lily, Water | Eloquence | Eloquence | |||
| Lily, White
(1853: A stately plant, with large, scented, white flowers; from the Levant.) |
Purity | Majesty; Purity. | Purity. Sweetness. | Purity | |
| Lily, Yellow | Falsehood | Falsehood. Gaiety. | Falsehood | ||
| Linden Leaf | Matrimony, marriage | ||||
| Linden Sprig | Conjugal love | ||||
| Linden Tree | Conjugal love | ||||
| Linden or Lime Tree | Conjugal; Marriage. | Conjugal love | |||
| Lint | I feel my obligations. | ||||
| Live Oak | Liberty | Liberty | |||
| Liverwort | Confidence | Confidence | Confidence | ||
| Lobelia | Malevolence | ||||
| Locust | Affection beyond the grave. | ||||
| Locust Tree | Elegance | Affection beyond the grave | |||
| Locust Tree (green) | Love beyond the grave | Affection beyond the grave. | |||
| London Pride
(OED: Sweet William or lychnis) |
Frivolity | Frivolity | |||
| Lote Tree | Concord | ||||
| Lotus | Forgetful of the past. | Eloquence | Eloquence | ||
| Lotus Flower | Estranged love. | ||||
| Lotus Leaf | Recantation | Recantation | |||
| Love in a Mist | You puzzle me. | Perplexity | |||
| Love-in-a-Puzzle | Embarrassment | ||||
| Love Lies Bleeding | Hopeless, not heartless. | Hopeless, not heartless. | Hopeless, not heartless | ||
| Lucerne | Life | Life | Life | Life, existence | |
| Lungwort (Pulmonaria) | Thou art my life. | ||||
| Lupine
(1853: A plant with rose-colored, or blue flowers, and elegant leaves. ---South of Europe) |
Dejection | Imagination | Dejection | Voraciousness. Imagination. | Imagination |
| Lychnis
(OED: genus including campion) |
Religious enthusiasm | ||||
| Lythrum
(OED: genus including loosestrife) |
Pretension | ||||
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