LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Wild Strawberry: Perfection. 
Willow: Disappointed Love. 
Willow-Herb: Pretension. 
Winter-Cherry: Deception. 
Witch-Hazel: A Spell. 
Withered Leaves: Sadness. 
Wood-Sorrel: Joy. 
Wormwood: Absence. 
Y. 
Yarrow: War. 
Yellow Carnation: Disdain. 
Yellow Day-Lily: Coquetry. 
Yellow Gentian: Ingratitude. 
Yellow Iris: Flame. 
Yellow Rose: Infidelity 
Yew: Sorrow. 
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Zinnia: Absence. 
LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
A. 
A Belle: Orchis. 
Absence: Wormwood, Zinnia. 
Accommodating Disposition : Red 
Valerian. 
Activity: Thyme. 
Afterthought: Daisy, Michaelmas. 
Agitation: Moving Plant. 
Amiability: Jessamine, or Jasmine. 
An appointed Meeting: Pea. 
Anger: Gorse. 
Ardor: Cuckoo-Plant; Arum, or 
Wake-Robin. 
Argument: Fig. 
Art: Bear’s-Breach. 
Artifice: Virgin’s Bower; Clematis. 
A Spell: Witch-Hazel. 
Assiduity: Lavender. 
Assignation: Pimpernel. 
Attachment: Scarlet-flowered Ipo- 
moea. 
Austerity: Fullers’ Teasel; Thistle. 
Aversion: China or Indian Pink. 
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B. 
Baseness: Dodder. 
Bashful Shame: Peony. 
Bashfulness: Rose; Maiden’s Blush. 
Belief: Passion Flower. 
Beauty: Rose. 
Beauty combined with Piety: Wa¬ 
ter-Star. 
Beauty ever new: China or Month¬ 
ly Rose. 
Beauty is your only Attraction: 
Japan Rose. 
Beneficence: Potato. 
Benevolence: Calycanthus. 
Beware: Oleander. 
Beware of the Coquette: Catalpa- 
Tree. 
Birth: Dittany. 
Bluntness of Manners: Borage. 
Blushes: Marjoram. 
Boaster: Hydranger. 
Boldness: Larch. 
Bulkiness : Watermelon. 
