Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 2 February 1899

<h2><SPAN name="THE_LANGUAGE_OF_FLOWERS" id="THE_LANGUAGE_OF_FLOWERS"></SPAN> THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.</h2> <div> <ANTIMG class="drop-cap" src="images/initial_t.jpg" width-obs="58" height-obs="70" alt="" /></div> <p class="drop-cap">THE language of flowers is a study at once interesting and innocent, cultivating, as it does, a taste for the works of nature, filling the soul with the sweetest emotions and presenting to view one of the most enchanting phases of a beautiful world full of wonders. Following are a few of the best known flowers and the sentiments which they represent:</p> <p>Sweet alyssum, worth beyond beauty; apple blossom, preference; bachelor's button, single and selfish; balm, sympathy; barberry, sourness; candytuft, indifference; carnation pink, woman's love; Chinese chrysanthemum, cheerfulness under misfortune; clematis, mental beauty; columbine, folly; red clover, industry; dahlia, dignity; white daisy, innocence; faded leaves, melancholy; forget-me-not, remembrance; jonquil, affection returned; lily of the valley, return of happiness; myrtle, love in absence; pansy, you occupy my thoughts; moss rose, superior merit; red rose, beauty; white rose, I am worthy of love; sunflower, haughtiness; yellow rose, infidelity.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</SPAN></span></p> <table class="sp2 mc w50" title="IRIS." summary="IRIS."> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="ac w100 figcenter"> <SPAN name="i_052.jpg" id="i_052.jpg"> <ANTIMG style="width:100%" src="images/i_052.jpg" width="510" height="600" alt="" /></SPAN></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xx-smaller ac w30">&nbsp;</td> <td class="x-smaller ac w40">IRIS.</td> <td class="xx-smaller ac w30">&nbsp;.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xx-smaller ac w20">&nbsp;</td> <td class="x-smaller ac">COPYRIGHT 1899, DOUBLEDAY &amp; McCLURE CO., NEW YORK.</td> <td class="xx-smaller ac w20">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr class="chap" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />