The Basics Of Flower Language

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Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 Time: 2:41 AM
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Do you realize that each flower speaks its own language? Today people do not generally think about it, they just choose the prettiest flower or even the most expensive one - it seems to be enough to show how special the receiver is for you. But in fact there is a particular harmony between the looks of the flower and what it tells about the feelings of the giver.
In the Victorian epoch flowers were often used as a secret means of communication. The language of flowers was invented by Turkish people, that is why sending a message with flowers to the one you like to show your feelings was called a "Persian Salaam". This means of communication had wide popularity in the eighteenth century. At that time bouquets were arranged very carefully and in precise conformity with the language of flowers.
It's evident that all flowers mean attention and care, but nevertheless any flower with its color and each flower composition have their own shades. For example, red roses have always stood for love, but as for yellow roses they mean jealousy. So you can see that it's helpful to have basic knowledge of flower meaning to express your emotions in the correct way.
You may be astonished to know that there is a specialized discipline that is dedicated to the study of flower meaning. It's called floriography and its main objective is to explain the underlying meaning of flowers and flowers arrangements both to senders and receivers.
Now and then it is difficult to find appropriate words to express what you feel, so it's time to do it with flower compositions. I'd like to explain the meaning of a number of popular flowers: aloe means grief, aster refers to daintiness, begonia means beware, calendula - joy, carnation - health, affection and energy, daisy refers to innocence, loyal love, lily refers to purity, orchid stands for love and beauty and tulip stands for declaration of love.
This is just a superficial overview of flowers language. And the meaning of every flower is much deeper that we may put into words. It's quite hard to explain their meaning, you should get inner understanding. In case you're interested to learn more about flowers, you may read specialized literature, and you'll soon find the common language with these wonderful plants.

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