The most natural way of conveying thought , is by speaking , seeing and hearing , yet we give expression in a comprehensive way by other means and through other channels .

Language in the  generally accepted term , is a means of communicating our thought , and if we make our meaning plain it is immaterial what method we employ .

What can be more pleasing to the   senses than beutiful flowers ? Their form , their great variety , and sharp contrast of colour , combined with delicious fragrence , make them the most attractive of all nature's productions to old and young , rich and poor .

In health it is our delight to pluck and admire them , while nothing can be more cheerful or welcome to the invalid and sick ; if weary in body and mind , or indulging     in leisure and luxury , the sweet , fragrant flower is our chosen companion .

It is just and right that flowers are made to express sentiments of love or serve    as tributes of affection , and premiums of honour , valour and fame.

The following is the language of flowers   arranged in alphabetical order

Acacia = Concealed  love                      Acacia , Rose = Friendship               Acanthus =Arts 

Adonis Vernalia = Bitter memories      Agnus Castus =Coldness              Agrimony = Thankfulness

Almond =Hope                                         Aloe =Superstition                       Althea =Consumed by love

Alyssum, Sweet =Worth beyond beauty  Amaranth = Immortality    Amaryllis = Splendid beauty

Ambrosia =Love returned                   Anemone = Expectation                 Angelica = Inspiration

Apple = Temptation                               Apple Blossom =Preference         Arbor Vitae = Unchanging friendship

Arbutus,Trailing = Welcome                Arnui = Ardor                      Ash=Grandeur          

Ash,Mountain =Prudence                     Aspen =Lamentaation     Asphodel=Regrets beyond the grave

Aurilica=Avarice                                  Azalea = Romance

Bachelor's Button = Hope in love        Balm =  Sympathy            Balm of Gilead=Healing

Balsam = Impatience                          Barberry= Satire                 Basil = Hatred

Bay Leaf = No change till death        Beech = Prosperity             Bee Ophrys=Error

Bee    Orchis =Industry                       Bell Flower =Gratitude      Bilberry=Treachory

Birch = Meekness                    Black Bryony =Be my support         Blue Bottle=Delicacy

Borage = Bluntness                             Box = Constancy                           Briers = Envy

Broken Straw = Constancy             Broom = Neatness                 Buckbran = Calm repose 

Bugloss = Falsehood                        Burdock = Importunity          Buttercup =Riches 

actus = Thou lovest me                Calla Lily =Feminine beauty         Camelia = Pity

Candytuft = Inndifference               Canterbury Bell= Gratitude         Cape Jasmine=Ecstasy

Cardinal Flower= Distinction          Carnation,Yellow=Distain         Catchfly,Red =Youthful love

Catchfly,White= Victim                     Cedar = I live for thee                Celandine= Future joy

Cherry Tree= Good education         Chickweed = I cling to thee       Chickory = Frugality

China Aster=I will think of thee      China Pink=Aversion         Chrysanthemum Rose=In love

Chrysanthemum,White=Truth     Chrysanthemum,Yellow=Slighted love   Cinquefoil=Beloved child

Clematis =Artifice                             Clover, Red= Industry                 Cobcea = Gossip

Coxcomb = Floppery                       Colchicum =Best days fled           Coltsfoot=Justice

Columbine = Folly                           Columbine,Purple=Resolved         Columbine,Red=Anxious

Convolvulus,Major=Dead hope   Convolvulus,Minor=Uncertainty  Corn = Riches

Cornelian Cherry=Durability          Coronilla = Success to you            Cowslip=Pensiveness

Cowslip,American=Divinity            Crocus = Cheerfulness               Crown Imperial=Majesty

Currents = You please me                Cypress = Mourning            Cypress & Marigold=Despair

Daffodil = Chivalry                            Dahlia =Forever thine           Daisy,Michaelmas=Farewell

Daisy,Red = Beauty umknown       Daisy, White=Innocence      Dandelion= Coquetry

Daphne Mezereon=Desire to please  Dead Leaves=Sadness      Diosma = Usefulness

Dittany = Birth                                      Dock = Patience                   Dodder = Meanness

Dogwood , Flowering = Am I indifferent to you ?

Ebony = Hypocrisy                          Eglantine = I wound to heal                     Elder = Compassion

Elm = Dignity                                    Endine = Frugality                                       Epignea = Beauty

Eupatorium = Delay                        Evening Primrose = Inconstancy            Evergreen =Poverty

Everlasting = Never-ceasing         Filbert = Reconciliation                              Fir =Elevation

Flax =Ifeel your kindness               Flora Bell = Without pretention       Flowering Reed=Confide in heaven

Forget-me-not =True love               Foxglove =Insincerity                               Fraxinella = Fire

Frittillaria =Perscution                     Furze = Anger                                           Fuchsia - Taste

Gardenia =Transport             Gentian,Fringed =Intrinsic Worth           Geranium Ivy=Your hand for next dance

Geranium,Nutmeg=Iexpect meeting    Geranium,Rose=Prefrence     Goldenrod=Encouragement 

Gooseberry =Anticipation      Goosefoot = Goodness                             Grape = Charity

Grass = Utility                          Guelder , Rose =Writer                             Hareball = Grief

Hawthorn = Hope                   Heart's Ease = Think of me                     Hazel=Reconciliation

Helenium = Tears                    Heliotrope = Devotion                               Hellebore =Scandal

Henbane = Blemish                Hepatica = Confidence                              Hibiscus =Delicate beauty

Holly = Foresight                  Hollyhock,White =Ambition                      Honeysuckle=Love

Hop = Injustice                     Hornbeam = Ornament                           Horse-chesnut = Luxury 

House-lick = Economy        Houstonia = Content                               Hoya = Sculpture

Hyacinth,Blue=Constancy  Hyacinth,Purple=Sorrow                 Hydrangea=Heartlessness

Iceplant = Your looks freeze me      Indian Cress=Resignation                    Iris = Message

Ivy = Friendship,Matrimony          Jessamine,Cape=Transient Joy          Jessamine,White =Amiability                                       Jessamine,Yellow=Grace                  Jonquil = Return affection     Judas Tree=Betrayed                   Juniper = Perfect loveliness                Kalamia=Trechery

Kennedia =Intellectual beauty  

Laburnum = Pensive beauty              Lady's Slipper=Capricious           Lagerstroema = Eloquence

Lantana =Rigor                                   Larch = Boldness                            Larkspur = Fickleness

Laurel = Glory                                     Laurestine =I die of neglect           Lavender = Distrust

Lemon Blossom=Discretion            Lettuce =Cold hearted                   Lilac = First emotion of love

Liliac,White  = Youth                        Lily = Purity, Modesty                   Lily, Day=Coquetry

Lily of the Valley =Return of joy     Lily ,Water=Eloquence                 Lily,Yellow =Falsehood

Linden = Conjugal love                     Live Oak = Liberty                         Liverwort=Confidence

Locust =Affection beyond grave      London Pride=Frivolity               Love in a Mist=Puzzled

Lucerne =Life                                        Luugwort =Thou art my life      Lupin = Imagination

Lychnis =Religious vivor                    Lythrum = Pretension                  Madder = Calumny

Maiden's Hair =Discretion                 Magnolia,Chinese=Nature          Magnolia,Swamp=Perse

ence                                Magnolia,Grandiflora =Peerless , Proud           Mallo = Sweetness

Mandrake =Honour                             Maple = Reserve                            Marigold=Cruelity

Marjoram = Blushes                           Marshmallow=Beneficence          Mint = Virtue

Mistletoe= Surmount difficulties        Mock Orange=Counterfeit            Moonwort=Forgetful

Morning Glory=Coquetry                  Moss= Material love                       Motherwort=Secret love

Mouse-ear= Simplicity                       Mulberry, White=Wisdom             Mullein=Good nature

Mushroom =Suspicion                       Mush Plant=Weakness                   Mustard=Indifference

Myosotis = Forget me not                 Myrtle = Love

Narcissus=Egotism                           Nasturtium=Patriotism                Nettle=Cruelty ,Slander

Night Blooming Cereus=Transient beauty                                             Nightshade=Bitter truth

Oak = Hospitality                            Oats =Music                                     Oleander= Beware

Orange = Generosity                       Orange Flower=Chastity               Orchis= Beauty

Osier = Frankness                            Osmunda = Dreams                        Pansy = Think of me

Parsley = Entertainment                   Pasque = Unpretentious               Passion Flower=Fervor

Pea = Appointed meeting                 Pea , Sweet=Departure                  Peach Blossom=My heart

is thine  Pear Tree= Affection           Peony = Anger                                 Pennyroyal=Flee away

Periwinkle=Sweet memories           Petunia = Am not proud                Phlox=Our souls united

Pimpernel =Change                           Pine = Time                                      Pineapple=You are perfect

Pine,Spruce =Farewell                      Pink , Clove = Dignity                   Plum Tree= Keep promise

Poplar,Black=Courage                     Poplar,White =Time                      Poppy=Consolation

Poppy,White=Sleep of the heart     Pomegranate=Foolishness          Potato=Beneficence

Primrose = Early youth                   Primrose,Evening=Inconstancy   Pumpkin =Coarseness

Quince = Temptation                               Reeds = Music                         Rose = Beauty

Rose ,Barolina =Love is dangerous    Rose,Bridal=Happy love       Rose,Cabbbage=Love's embassador                                             Rose,China=Grace            Rose,Damask=Freshness               Rose, Hundred Leaf= Pride   Rose,Maiden's Blush=Your love will find me                              Rose,Moss=Superior

Rose,Mulitiflora=Grace                    Rose,Muskcluster=Charming  Rose,Sweetbrier=Sympathy

Rose,tea= Always lovely                      Rose,White=Worthy                Rose,Wild=Simplicity

Rose,Yellow=Diminished love            Rose,Garland=Virtue               Rosebud =Young girl

Rosebud ,Moss=Confessed love         Rosemary =Rejuvination        Rue =Distain

Rush = Docility                                       Saffron =Excesss                      Sage=Esteem

Satiinflower=Sincerity     Scabious,Mourning Bride=Widowhood      Snowball=Heaven

Sorrel =Wit ill timed          Spearmint=Warm feelings       Star of Bethlehem=Reconciileation  

Starwort=Welcome                              Stock=Promptitude                    Strmonium=Disguise

Strawberry =Perfect excellence         Sumac=Spendor                         Sunflower =Pride

Sunflower,Dwarf=Devout admirer     Sweet Sultan =Felecity           Sweet William=Artifice

Sycamore = Curosity                            Syringa =Memory

Tansy =I declare against you           Teasel =Misanthropy                Thistle=Austerity

Thorn,Apple=Deceitful                         Thorn,Black=Difficulty             Thorns= Severity

Thrift = Sympathy                                 Thyme = Activity               Tiger Flower=Pride befriend thee

Trumpet Flower =Seperation         Tuberose =Dangerous pleasure   Tulip=Declared love

TulipTree =Rural Happiness              Turnip =Charity                     Turnip,Yellow=Hpoeless love

Valerian = Accommodating       Venus Flytrap = Caught at last    Venus looking glass=Flattery

Verbena =Sensibility                       Vine = Intoxicating                     Violet,Blue=Love

Violet,White =Modesty            Violet, Yellow = Modest worth   Virgin's Bower=filial love

Wall Flower = Fidelity                  Walnut =Stratagem                    Weeping Willow=Forsaken

Wheat = Prosperity                      Woodbine =Fraternal love           Wood  Sorrrel =Joy

Wormwood =Absence               Yarrow =Cure for heartache                        Yew = Sorrow

Zennae= Absent Friends

In closing , we advise ladies going into the country to provide little "Dame Trot" baskets , as they will be lovely when filled with flowers or ferns

Flowers may be arranged in the most varied and whimsical fancies , although many times a most gorgeous effect is produced by massing a single colour or species

All attempts to prevent tributes at funerals fail , and on nearly all these sad occations we see new and poetic ideas expressed by floral emblems

One of the most beautiful designs is the "Gates Ajar", the "Gates" paneled with lilies and surmounted by doves , holding sprays of passion-vine in their beaks

Flowers express our thoughts in silence