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| Flower | Meaning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | 1883(I) | 1883(II) | 1885/1892 | 1899 | |
| Narcissus
(1853: A beautiful white flower, connected with heathen mythology.) |
Uncertainty | Egotism | Egotism; Self-Love. | Egotism | |
| Nasturtium | Patriotism | Patriotism; Splendor | Patriotism | ||
| Nettle | Cruelty; slander | Cruelty | Cruelty | ||
| Nettle, Burning | Slander | ||||
| Nettle Tree | Concert | ||||
| Night Blooming Cereus
(1853: A tropical plant, whose large vanilla-scented flowers expand at evening, and close at the approach of day.) |
Transient beauty | Transient beauty | Transient beauty | Transient beauty | |
| Night Convolvulus | Night | Night, to-night | |||
| Nightshade
(1853: A creeping plant, with purple flowers, and bright red berries, growing by road-sides.--North America) |
Dark thoughts | Bitter truth | Dark thoughts; Sorcery. | Truth | Dark thoughts |
| A Nosegay | Gallantry | ||||
| Oak | Hospitality | Hospitality; Bravery. | |||
| Oak Leaves | Bravery | Bravery and Humanity | |||
| Oak Sprig | Hospitality | ||||
| Oak Tree | Hospitality | ||||
| Oak (White) | Independence | ||||
| Oats
(1853: Too well known to need description.) |
Music | Music | The witching soul of music. | Music, musical | |
| Oleander | Beware | Beware | Beware | Beware | |
| Olive | Peace | ||||
| Olive Branch | Peace | ||||
| Orange | Generosity | ||||
| Orange Blossoms | Your purity equals your loveliness. | Chastity | |||
| Orange Flower | Chastity | Chastity | Chastity. Bridal festivities. | ||
| Orange Tree | Generosity | Generosity | |||
| Orchis
(OED: a typical genus of orchids) |
Beauty | A Belle. | A belle or a beauty | ||
| Orchis, Bee | Error | ||||
| Orchis, Spider | Skill | ||||
| Osier
(OED: a species of willow) |
Frankness | Frankness | Frankness | Frankness | |
| Osmunda
(OED: a genus of ferns) |
Dreams | Reverie | Dreams | I dream of thee | |
| Oxalis | Wood sorrel | ||||
| Ox Eye
(1853: A tropical genus, of more than twenty species.) |
Patience | Patience | |||
| Ox-Eye Daisy | A token | ||||
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