Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Did You Know


Did you know in Victorian times, flowers were considered the language of love and used to send secret messages. For instance:
Acacia stands for secret love.
Begonia - Beware
Calla Lily - Beauty
Clover, White - Think of me
Dwarf Sunflower - I adore you
Lily, orange - Hatred
Lotus -  I love you still
Primrose - I can't live without you
And so on.


25 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

I did know. They were also prone to spelling out messages in gemstones.

Valerie-Jael said...

Yes, it was a fun way of talking through the flowers. This crops up in quite a lot of novels written back then. Hugs, Valerie

Pat Hatt said...

Might be harder to pass than notes in class

L. Diane Wolfe said...

One year our school system let kids buy a colored carnation and send it to someone. I got a green one, which meant "You're weird but I like you anyway." LOL

Jamie Ghione said...

No, I didn't know what you said about flower colors. Amazing.

Birgit said...

I am all for co Fort kitty😸. I knew about the flowers as they often have meaning in art like, the death of Ophelia, a pre-raphaelite painting. Now I must get off the couch and get to work. Feeling dizzy today, was better yesterday but I hope getting the tooth yanked will fix that. That is on the 21st.

Computer Tutor said...

Knew about the flowers--never seen the memes before. Ha!

Adam said...

Happy Wednesday

Elizabeth Seckman said...

So many rules during the Victorian era. I don't think I'd have been able to keep up with it all.

May your day be full of purrs too!

Sandra Cox said...

Heh. We must have lots of Flower Children running around the blogosphere since so many knew about the language:)

Sandra Cox said...

Now that's a great piece of trivia for today, EC. I didn't know about spelling messages in gemstones.

Sandra Cox said...

Well personally, I hope I don't get any orange lilies. Heh.

da tabbies o trout towne said...

whoa....wouldn't want to be the recipient of the orange lily !! ;) ☺☺

Sandra Cox said...

I didn't realize they had meaning in art, though it makes sense. You and EC have taught me something new today.
Sorry you are having a bad day. Hope you feel better soon.

Christine said...

And flowers are so pleasurable still today!

Sandra Cox said...

Ha. Indeed.

Sandra Cox said...

Haha. I'm not sure if I should get green carnations for my friends or from them. Maybe both.

Sandra Cox said...

Happy Wednesday, Adam.

Sandra Cox said...

Me neither.
Thanks for the lovely sentiment. I usually pick up some purrs somewhere during the day:)

Sandra Cox said...

Ha. No indeed.

Sandra Cox said...

They sure are, aren't they, Christine?

Sonya said...

I'm enjoying the neat factoids!

Jeanie said...

I DID know that! And I loved "You had me at reading!"

Lowcarb team member said...

Not message in a bottle!
But message in a flower :)

All the best Jan

Magic Love Crow said...

I love this about flowers and I love the message with the kitty! Big Hugs!