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| Flower | Meaning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | 1883(I) | 1883(II) | 1885/1892 | 1899 | |
| Bachelor's Button
(1853: Highly ornamental garden plants, with crimson, white, and striped red and white flowers; native of the East Indies.) |
Hope and love | Hope; Single Blessedness. | Celibacy | Hope in love | |
| Balm
(1853: A fragrant garden herb, brought from the south of Europe.) |
A cure. | Sympathy | Sympathy | ||
| Balm, Gentle | Pleasantry | ||||
| Balm, Mint | Pleasantry | ||||
| Balm of Gilead | Healing | Healing; I am cured. | Cure. Relief. | Cure, relief | |
| Balsam | Impatience | ||||
| Balsam, Red | Touch me not. Impatient resolves. | ||||
| Balsam, Yellow | Impatience | Impatience | |||
| Balsamine | Impatience | ||||
| Barberry | Sharpness, satire. | Petulance; Ill temper. | Sourness of temper. | Sourness | |
| Barberry Tree | Sharpness | ||||
| Basil | Hatred | Give me your good wishes. | Hatred | ||
| Bay Leaf
(1853: An ornamental evergreen, from Italy.) |
I change but in dying. | No change till death. | I change but in death. | I change but in death. | I change but in death |
| Bay (Rose) Rhododendron | Danger. Beware. | ||||
| Bay Tree | Glory | ||||
| Bay Wreath | Reward of merit. | Reward of merit | |||
| Bearded Crepis | Protection | ||||
| Beech | Prosperity | Lovers' tryst; Prosperity. | Prosperity | ||
| Bee Ophrys
(OED: a member of the orchid family) |
Error | Error | Error | ||
| Bee Orchis
(OED: puts this with Bee Ophrys, above?) |
Industry | Industry | Industry | ||
| Begonia | Deformed | ||||
| Belladonna | Silence | Silence | |||
| Bell Flower
(1853: A delicate drooping flower, pale yellow, found in the woods of North America.) |
Constancy | Gratitude | |||
| Bell Flower, Pyramidal | Constancy | ||||
| Bell Flower (small white) | Gratitude | ||||
| Belvedere | I declare against you. | ||||
| Belvidere, Wild (Licorice) | I declare against you. | ||||
| Betony | Surprise | ||||
| Bilberry
(OED: aka whortleberry) |
Treachery | Treachery | |||
| Bindweed | Humility; Night. | ||||
| Bindweed, Great | Insinuation | Insinuation | |||
| Bindweed, Small | Humility | ||||
| Birch Tree
(1853: An ornamental tree of temperate climates.) |
Gracefulness | Meekness | Grace; Elegance. | Meekness | |
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Revenge | ||||
| Bittersweet; Nightshade | Truth | Truth | |||
| Black Bryony
(OED: aka Lady's Seal) |
Be my support. | Be my support. | Be my support | ||
| Black Poplar | Courage | Affliction | |||
| Black Thorn
(1853: A shrub, with dark glossy leaves, and bearing very black berries; a native of England. 1883(II): aka Sloe) |
Difficulty | Difficulties | Difficulty | Difficulty | |
| Bladder Tree | Frivolous amusement. | ||||
| Bladder-Nut Tree | Frivolous amusements. | Frivolity. Amusement. | |||
| Bluebell | Constancy | Constancy | Kindness | ||
| Blue Bottle
(OED: Blue cornflower; 1885: Centaury) |
Delicacy | Delicacy | Delicacy | ||
| Blue-flowered Greek Valerian | Rupture | ||||
| Borage | Bluntness | Abruptness | Bluntness | Rudeness | |
| Bonus Henricus | Goodness | ||||
| Borus Henricus | Goodness | ||||
| Box/Box Tree
(1853: Dwarf evergreen shrubs, from Europe.) |
Indifference | Constancy | Stoicism | Stoicism | Constancy in friendship |
| Bramble
(1853: Prickly-stemmed plants, with fragrant, showy flowers, of which the "Bridal rose" is an example.) |
Remorse | Lowliness. Envy. Remorse. | Lowliness | ||
| Branch of Currants | You please all. | ||||
| Branch of Thorns | Severity. Rigour. | ||||
| Bridal Rose | Happy love. | ||||
| Briers | Envy | Envy | |||
| Broken Straw | Constancy | ||||
| Broom | Neatness | Neatness; Humility. | Humility. Neatness. | Neatness | |
| Browallia Jamisonii | Could you bear poverty | ||||
| Buckbean | Calm repose | Calmness; Repose. | Calm repose | Calmness | |
| Bud of White Rose | Heart ignorant of love. | ||||
| Bugloss | Falsehood | Falsehood | Falsehood | ||
| Bulrush | Docility | Docility | |||
| Bundle of Reeds, with their Panicles | Music | ||||
| Burdock | Importunity | Touch me not; Importunity. | Importunity. Touch me not. | Touch me not | |
| Buttercup
(1853: Brilliant golden flowers, found in wet meadows; common both in America and Europe. 1885: Kingcup) |
Childishness | Riches | Riches; Memories of childhood. | Ingratitude. Childishness. | |
| Butterfly Orchis | Gaiety | ||||
| Butterfly Weed | Let me go. | Let me go | |||
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