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| Flower | Meaning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | 1883(I) | 1883(II) | 1885/1892 | 1899 | |
| Iceland Moss | Health | Health | |||
| Ice Plant | Your looks freeze me. | Your looks freeze me. | Your looks freeze me. | Your looks freeze me | |
| Indian Cress
(OED: nasturtium) |
Resignation | Warlike trophy. | |||
| Indian Jasmine (Ipomoea) | Attachment | Attachment; I attach myself to you | |||
| Indian Pink (Double) | Always lovely. | ||||
| Indian Plum | Privation | Privation | |||
| Ipomaca | I attach myself to you. | ||||
| Iris | Message | Message | I have a message for you | ||
| Iris, Common Garden | A message for thee. | ||||
| Iris, German | Flame | Flame | Flame | ||
| Iris, Yellow | Flame | ||||
| Ivy | Friendship; matrimony. | Friendship; Marriage. | Fidelity. Marriage. | ||
| Ivy Leaf | Friendship | ||||
| Ivy, Sprig of, with tendrils | Assiduous to please. | ||||
| Ivy Tendrils | Assiduous to please | ||||
| Ivy Vine | Matrimony, marriage | ||||
| Jacob's Ladder | Come down. | Come down | |||
| Japan Rose | Beauty is your only attraction. | ||||
| Jasmine | Amiability | ||||
| Jasmine, Cape | Transport of joy. | ||||
| Jasmine, Carolina | Separation | Separation | |||
| Jasmine, Indian | I attach myself to you. | ||||
| Jasmine, Spanish | Sensuality | Sensuality | |||
| Jasmine, White | Amiability | Amiability | |||
| Jasmine, Yellow | Grace and elegance. | Grace and eloquence. | Grace and elegance | ||
| Jessamine, Cape
(OED: Jasmine) |
Transient joy | ||||
| Jessamine, White
(OED: jasmine) |
Amiability | ||||
| Jessamine, Yellow
(OED: jasmine) |
Grace; elegance | ||||
| Jonquil | Return my affection. | Desire; Affection returned. | I desire a return of affection. | Affection returned; I desire a return of affection | |
| Judas-Tree | Betrayed | Unbelief. Betrayal. | Betrayal, betrayed | ||
| Jumper | Asylum; Aid; Protection. | ||||
| Juniper | Perfect loveliness | Succour. Protection. | Protection | ||
| Justicia | The perfection of female loveliness. | ||||
| Kalmia (Mountain Laurel) | Treachery | ||||
| Kennedia | Intellectual beauty | Mental beauty. | Mental beauty | ||
| Kings-cups (1899: King-cup) | Desire of riches. | I wish I was rich | |||
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