THE) MEANING OF THE EEOWER 
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loud; it must be “sub rosa,” meaning “under the rose.” 
In the language of flowers, a single rose means, “I love 
you.” The wallflower stands for love faithful in spite 
of adversity, the daffodil for unrequited love, the dande¬ 
lion for coquetry, the honeysuckle for devotion, the gold- 
enrod for encouragement, the forget-me-not for true 
love. So well do the eastern nations understand the 
language of flowers that a Persian girl, receiving a 
bouquet of blossoms, would have no need of words from 
her lover. If she found there a snowdrop, she would 
know that she had a friend in need, a hyacinth would 
betoken that her lover was sorrowful. Perhaps she 
would return to him a moss-rose bud, her confession of 
love. 
Good luck follows the finder of a four leaf clover, 
good fortune comes to him who spies white heather. 
Eilies for Easter time, holly and mistletoe for Christmas, 
orange blossoms for the bride—how closely flowers are 
woven into the happiest days of our life! 
All these things, and more, the flower means to us; 
now let us see what the flower means to the plant. 
What do you do when you want to plant a tree You 
plant a seed! And where does the seed come from? 
The fruit of the tree, be it juicy apple or hard, dry 
acorn. And what makes the fruit ? The flower! So it 
is the flower that plays the part of reproduction, and re- 
