The ladies handbook of the language of flowers & precious stones / [Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Co].

  • Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Co.
Date:
[1890?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The ladies handbook of the language of flowers & precious stones / [Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Co]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FLOWERS. SENTIMENTS- Mint.Virtue. MINT. Virtue. Only a'sweet and virtuous soul, Like season’d timber, never gives : But, though the whole world turn to coal. Then chiefly lives. GEORGE HERBERT Mistletoe.I surmount all difficulties Mock Orange (Syringa) ..Counterfeit. Monkshood .A deadly foe is near. Moonwort .Forgetfulness. Morning Glory.Coquetry. Moss.Maternal love. Motherwort .Secret love. Morning Bride (Scabious) Unfortunate attachment. Mouse-ear Chickweed .... Simplicity. Mulberry, Black.I will not survive you. Mulberry, White .Wisdom. Mullein.Good-nature. Mushroom .Suspicion. Musk Plant.Weakness. Mustard-Seed .Indifference. Myosotis .....Forget me not- Myrtle.Love. Narcissus.Egotism. Nasturtium.Patriotism. Nasturtium. Patriotism. Even then a wish,—I mind its power,— A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for puir auld Scotland’s sake, Some useful plan or beak could make, Or sing a sang at least. BURNS. Nettle ....Cruelty; Slander. Night-blooming Cereus .... Transient beauty. Nightshade.Bitter truth. Oak ..Hospitality. Oats .Music. Oleander.Beware. Olive Branch...Peace. , Orange.Generosity. Orange Flower.Chastity. Orchis ..Beauty. Osier.Frankness. Osmunda.Dreams. Pansy .Think of me. Parsley.Entertainment; Feasting. Pasque Flower.You are without pretension. Passion Flower . ..Religious fervor; Susceptibility