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Of all the gifts you can give to someone, flowers are the most versatile.  They can brighten up the most dreary day and change a somber mood into one of delight, joy, anticipation, and happiness.

Flowers can be given to anyone, at any time - it doesn't have to be a special occasion.  

Here is a brief listing of some of the flowers and their meanings to help you in selecting the right flower or combination of flowers for that special someone.  

A
ACACIA:: Concealed love, chaste love.
AGAPANTHUS: Love letters, love
ALIUM: Strength.
ALSTROMERIA: Wealth, prosperity, fortune.
AMARYLLIS: Pride.
AMBROSIA: Love is reciprocated.
ANTHURIUM: Lover.
APPLE BLOSSUMS: Good fortune.
ARBUTUS: I only love you.
ASPARAGUS FERN: Fascination.
ASTER: Variety, elegance, daintiness

B
BABY'S BREATH: Innocence.
BACHELOR BUTTON: Single blessedness.
BALSAM: Ardent love.
BEGONIA: Beware.
BELLS OF IRELAND: Good luck.
BIRD OF PARADISE: Magnificence.
BITTERSWEET: Truth.
BLUEBELL: Humility, constancy.
BOUVARDIA: Enthusiasm.
BROOM: Humility.
BUTTERCUP: Childishness.

C
CACTUS: Endurance.
CALENDULA: Grief, jealousy.
CALLA LILY: Magnificent beauty. .
CAMELLIA: Gratitude.
CAMELLIA, PINK: Longing for you.
CAMELLIA, RED: You're a flame in my heart.
CAMELLIA, WHITE: You're adorable.
CARNATION: Fascination, distinction, divine love.
CARNATION, PINK: A woman's love, mother's love.
CARNATION, PURPLE: Capriciousness.
CARNATION, RED: Alas for my poor heart, admiration, my heart aches for you, fascination.
CARNATION, WHITE: Innocence, faithfulness, sweet and lovely, pure love, ardent love, good luck.
CATTAIL: Peace, prosperity.
CHRYSANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness, optimism, rest, truth. Considered to be a noble flower in Asian culture, mums are used as an object of meditation per a suggestion by Confucius.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, RED: I love.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, WHITE: Truth, loyal love.
CLEMATIS: Clever, intellectual.
CORNFLOWER: Delicacy.
COSMOS: Modesty.
CROCUS: Cheerfulness, abuse not.

D
DAFFODIL: Regard, rebirth, new beginnings, unrequited love, you're the only one, chivalry.
DAFFODIL, SEVERAL: Joy, happiness.
DAISY: Innocence, loyal love, purity.
DANDELION: Faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle.
DAY LILY: Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother.
DELPHINIUM: Big-hearted, fun.

E
EREMURUS: Endurance.
EUPHORBIA: Persistence.

F
FERN: Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence, shelter.
FORGET-ME-NOT: True love, hope, remembrance, memories.
FORSYTHIA: Anticipation.
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER: Good luck, be mine.
FREESIA: Innocence, thoughtfulness.
FUSCHIA: Taste.

G
GARDENIA: You're lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck.
GERANIUM: Stupidity, folly, comfort, gentility.
GINGER: Strength.
GLADIOLUS: Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation, splendid beauty
GLOXINA: Love at first sight.

H
HEATHER, LAVENDER: Admiration, solitude, beauty.
HEATHER, WHITE: Protection, wishes will come true.
HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.
HOLLY: Foresight, defense, domestic happiness, enchantment.
HOLLYHOCK: Ambition, fruitfulness.
HONEYSUCKLE: Bonds of love.
HUCKLEBERRY: Simple pleasure.
HYACINTH, BLUE: Constancy.
HYACINTH, PURPLE: I am sorry, sorrow, please forgive me.
HYACINTH, WHITE: Loveliness, I'll pray for you.

I
IRIS: Wisdom, Fleur-de-lis, emblem of France, your friendship means so much to me, faith, hope, valor, my compliments.
IVY: Fidelity, wedded love, friendship, affection, marriage.
IXIA: Happiness.

J-K
JASMINE, WHITE or INDIAN: Amiability , I attach myself to you, sensuality, attachment.
JASMINE, SPANISH: Sensuality.
JASMINE, YELLOW: Grace, elegance.
JONQUIL: Sympathy , love me, affection returned, desire.

L
LADY SLIPPER: Capricious beauty.
LARKSPUR, PURPLE: First love.
LAVENDER: Devotion.
LEATHERLEAF FERN: Fascination.
LILAC: Youthful, humility, confidence.
LILY: Majesty, wealth, pride, innocence, purity.
LILY, WHITE: Purity, modesty, virginity
LILY, ORANGE: Flame, I burn for you.
LILY, YELLOW: I'm walking on air, false, gay.
LILY OF THE VALLEY: Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness

M
MAGNOLIA: Dignity, love of nature, nobility.
MIMOSA: Sensitivity.
MINT: Virtue.
MISTLETOE: Kiss me, affection, sacred plant of India.
MORNING GLORY: Loves you.
MOSS: Maternal love, charity.
MYRTLE: Love, Hebrew emblem of marriage.

N
NARCISSUS: Egotism, conceit, self love, self admiration, formality

O
OLIVE BRANCH: Peace.
ORANGE BLOSSUM: Purity, innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness, fertility.
ORCHID: Rare beauty, love, refinement,

P-Q
PANSIES: Receipient is being thought about.
PEONY: Bashfulness, shame, happy life, happy marriage, good health, prosperity.
PEPPERMINT: Cordiality.
PERIWINKLE: Friendship.
POPPY, RED: Pleasure, consolation.
PRIMROSE: I can't live without you.
PRIMROSE, EVENING: Happy love.

R
RANUNCULUS: You are radiant with charm, radiant charm.
ROSE: Love, passion, perfection.
ROSE, BURGUNDY: Beauty within.
ROSE, CORAL: Desire.
ROSE, HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.
ROSE, LAVENDER: Love at first sight, enchantment.
ROSE, MOSS: Confessions of love.
ROSE, ORANGE: Fascination, display feeling of enthusiasm.
ROSE, PEACH: Desire, gratitude, apprecation, admiration, sympathy, modesty.
ROSE, PINK: Happiness, appreciation, admiration, friendship, sympathy.
ROSE, DARK PINK: Thankfulness.
ROSE, LIGHT PINK: Grace, gladness, joy, perfect happiness, gratitude, admiration
ROSE, RED: Love, passion, respect, courage, I love you, beauty, pure and lovely, prosperity.
ROSE, DEEP RED: Un-selfconscious beauty.
ROSE, SINGLE, FULL BLOOM: I love you, I still love you, new love.
ROSE, BUD, SMALL: Pure and lovely, beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love.
ROSE, THORNLESS: Love at first sight.
ROSE, WHITE: Innocence, purity, secrecy,
ROSE, YELLOW: Joy, friendship, true love
ROSEMARY: Remembrance, purity, rebirth.

S
SAGE: Virtue.
SMILAX: Loveliness.
SPEARMINT: Warm sentiment.
SPIDER FLOWER: Elope with me.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM: Purity.
STATICE: Sympathy, remembrance, success.
STEPHANOTIS: Happiness in marriage, desire to travel.
STOCK: Lasting beauty, bonds of affection, promptness, you'll always be beautiful to me.
SUNFLOWER: Follows the sun as it grows, adoration, haughtiness.
SWEET WILLIAM: Gallantry, smile, finesse.

T-U
TULIP: Perfect lover, frame
TULIP, RED: Believe me, declaration of love, fame.
TULIP, VARIEGATED: Beautiful eyes.
TULIP, YELLOW: Hopeless love

V
VIOLET: Modesty, faithfulness, innocence, understated beauty.
VIOLET, BLUE: Watchfulness, faithfulness, I'll always be true.
VIOLET, PURPLE: Thoughts of you, blue love.
VIOLET, WHITE: Let's take a chance, youthful innocence.

W-X-Y
WATER LILY: Purity of heart.
ZINNIA: Thoughts of absent friends, in memory of an absent friend.

Z
ZINNIA, SCARLET: Constancy.
ZINNIA, WHITE: Goodness.
ZINNIA, YELLOW: Daily remembrance.

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