#continuing to survive

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Is it cool if I ask for two sets of flowers?

One means “I have overcome being turned into a (literal) monster, and will continue to survive and thrive, no thanks to you”. The more bitter and spiteful this message is, the better.

The second is “I still love you and want to marry you the same way I loved you before”.

Heyo LegendaryDEER,

Been a while since the last ask that wasn’t anon! Sure you can, I’ll see what the spreadsheet has to offer for you. But beware this might be a particularly long answer. The exact meaning of the first sentence isn’t quite what the Victorian flower language was made for, however I hope your story can build something that comes close to it from what I’ve dug up.

“I have overcome being turned into a (literal) monster, and will continue to survive and thrive, no thanks to you”

acanthus – artifice, (the) arts

achillea millefolia – war

aconite (christmas) – wit

agnus castus – coldness, indifference

almond (laurel) – perfidy

aloe – bitterness and pain, bitterness, grief, religious superstition

amaryllis – haughtiness, pride, splendid beauty, timidity

apocynum – deceit

arum (fly-catching) – snare

ash tree – grandeur

austurtium – splendour

balm of gilead – healing, relief, cure, I am cured

balsam (red) – touch me not, impatient resolve(s)

basil – hate, hatred

bay leaf – I change but in death, I change but in dying

bay tree – glory

bee ophrys – error

bee orchis – error, industry

begonia – beware, a fanciful nature, deformity

belvedere – I declare against you

berberry – sharpness/sourness of temper, sharpness, sourness, petulance

bilberry – treachery

bird cherry – perfidy, hope

borage – bluntness, rudeness

burdock – touch me not, importunity

canary grass – perseverance

cardinal flower – distinction

carnation (yellow) – disdain, disappointment, rejection

catchfly (white) – I fall into the trap laid for me, betrayed

celery-leaved crowfoot – ingratitude

chamomile – energy in adversity, energy in action

chastetree – coldness

chestnut – justice, do me justice

chrysanthemum (yellow) – a heart left to desolation, slighted love

clotbur – pertinacity, rudeness

columbine (purple) – resolved to win

copihue – there is no unalloyed good

crowsfoot (marsh) – ingratitude

crowsfoot (meadow) – perfidy

daffodil – deceitful hopes, self-love, regard, new beginnings, chivalry

dodder – baseness, meanness

dragonwort – horror

fleur-de-lis – flame, I burn

frog ophrys – disgust

geranium (lemon) – tranquillity of mind, unexpected meeting

ginger – strength

greek valerian – rupture

hellebore – scandal, calumny

hortensia – carelessness, you are cold

hydrangea – you are cold, heartlessness, a boaster

lantana – rigour, sharpness

larkspur (purple) – haughtiness

laurel (ground) – perseverance

lettuce – cold-hearted, cold-heartedness, coldness

liquorice (wild) – I declare against you

liverwort -- confidence

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless not heartless, deserted love, desertion

madder – calumny

magnolia (laurel-leaved) – dignity, high-souled

magnolia (swamp) – perseverance

mandevilla crassinoda – you are too bold

mandrake – horror

meadow anemone – sickness

meadow lychnis – wit

milfoil – war

mistletoe – I surmount difficulties, I climb to greatness

narcissus (false) – delusive hope

narcissus (yellow) – disdain

nightshade – dark thoughts, truth, scepticism, falsehood

oak, live – liberty

oak (white) -- independence

oleander – beware(!), caution

palm – victory

poor robin – compensation or an equivalent

pride of china – dissention

primrose (red) – unpatronised merit

quaking grass – agitation

ragged robin – wit, dandy

ranunculus (wild) – ingratitude

rest harrow – obstacle

rhododendron – danger, beware, I am dangerous

sainfoin – agitation

serpentine cactus – horror

sloe – difficulty, austerity

snakesfoot – horror

straw (a single, broken) – rupture of a contract, broken agreement, dissension

sultan (yellow) – contempt

sumach – splendid misery

sunflower (tall) – haughtiness, false riches, pride, lofty and pure thoughts, smile on me still

teasel – misanthropy, benefit

tiger flower – for once may pride befriend me

walnut – intellect, stratagem

willow – forsaken

winter cherry – deception

wood anemone – sickness, forlornness

“I still love you and want to marry you the same way I loved you before”

almond (flowering) – hope

ambrosia – love returned

amethyst – admiration

asphodel – my regrets follow you to the grave

bittersweet nightshade – truth

bittersweet – truth

camellia – my destiny is in your hands, modest merit, admiration, perfection, good luck gift for a man, gratitude7

carnation (red) – my heart aches for you, my heart breaks, admiration

cedar leaf – I live for thee

celandine – joys to come, future joy

chrysanthemum (red) – I love.

chrysanthemum (white) – truth

clove – I have loved you and you have not known it, dignity

clover (four-leaf) – be mine

cosmos – joy in love and life

currant – thy frown will kill me, thankfulness

daisy (double) – I reciprocate your affection, affection

daisy (garden) – I partake/share your sentiments

dew plant – (a) serenade

forget-me-not – forget me not, true love, memories

foxglove – I am not ambitious for myself but for you, a wish, stateliness, insincerity, youth

furze – love for all seasons/occasion

gillyflower – bonds of affection, enduring beauty, lasting beauty

hawthorn – hope

hazel – peace, reconciliation

heart’s ease – you occupy my thoughts, think of me, thoughts, forget me not

heart’s ease (purple) – you occupy my thoughts

heliotrope – devotion, devoted attachment, I love you, intoxicated with pleasure, I turn to thee, devoted affection, faithfulness

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

ivy – matrimony, marriage, fidelity, friendship, I have found one true heart, wedded love, affection

ivy (tendril or a bouquet) – “may I” or “I desire”

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, separation, attachment

lint – I feel my obligations

locust tree (green) – affection beyond the grave

lotus flower – estranged love

lungwort – you are my life

mignonette -- your qualities surpass your charms, "without pretension to beauty, possesses qualities which command profound respect and affection"

milk vetch – your presence softens my pain

myrtle – love, love positive, love in absence, joy

peach – your qualities like your charms are unequalled

peppermint – warmth of feeling

petunia – your presence soothes me, thou art less proud than they deem thee

phlox – our souls are united, unanimity

pine (spruce) – hope in adversity, farewell!

ranunculus – I am dazzled by your charms, you are radiant with charms

rose (austrian) – thou are all that is lovely

rose daily/quotidians – thy smile I aspire to

rose (maiden blush) – if you love me you will find it/me out

rosebud (stripped of thorns) – I fear no longer, I hope

rosemary – healing balm, your presence revives me, remembrance

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

stephanotis – happiness in marriage, martial happiness, desire to travel, will you accompany to the east?

tulip – (a) declaration of love, beautiful eyes, fame, perfect lover

tulip (red) – declaration of love, believe me

tulip (yellow) – hopeless love

– Mod Jana

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