Victorian Language of Flowers H-L

Hand Flower Tree : warning
Harebell : submission, grief, resignation, I bow to your will, but still hope on
Hawkweed : quick sightedness
Hawthorn : hope, despite your answer, I shall strive to win your love
Hazel : reconciliation; Witch : a spell
Helenium : solitude
Heath : tears
Heliotrope : devotion, you are my sun; accommodating disposition; Peruvian : devotion
Hellebore : scandal, calumny, lying tongues, do not believe ill tales of me - I can explain
Hemp : fate
Hepatica (Liverwort) : confidence, I trust you
Hibiscus : delicate beauty
Holly : foresight
Hollyhock : fecundity, ambition, with you as my wife, I could achieve great things
Holy Herb : enchantment
Honesty : honesty, sincerity, frankness, I have told you all
Honey, Flower : love sweet and secret
Honeysuckle : sweetness, plighted troth, a token of my love; Coral : fate; French : rustic beauty
Hop : injustice
Hornbeam : ornament
Hortensia : you are cold
Houseleek : vivacity, domestic economy
Houstonia : content
Hoya : sculpture
Humble Plant : despotism
Hyacinth : sport, game, play; blue : constancy, devotion, I will my life to your service; purple :
sorrow; white : unobtrusive loveliness, I admire you
Hydrangea : boaster; heartlessness, changeableness, why are you so fickle?
Hyssop : cleanliness

Impatiens : refusal, severed ties
Imperial Montague : power
Iris : message; faith, wisdom, valor; German : flame; Purple : ardour, you have set my heart afire
Ivy : fidelity, marraige, I desire you for my bride; Sprig with tendrils : assiduous to please

Jacob's Ladder : come down
Jasmine, yellow : how dainty and elegant you are; timidity, modesty; White : amiability; Cape : joy; Carolina : separation; Indian : attachment; Spanish : sensuality
Johny-Jump-Up : happy thoughts
JonquilI : appeal for a return of affection, deign to answer my petition; may I hope for your love!
Judas Tree : unbelief, betrayal
Juniper : succour, protection
Justicia : perfect female loveliness

Kennedya : mental beauty
King-Cups : desire of riches

Lambs ear : gentleness
Laburnum : forsaken, pensive beauty, neglect, why have you forsaken me?
Lady's Slipper : capricious beauty
Lagerstromia, Indian : eloquence
Lantana : rigor
Larch : audacity, boldness
Larkspur : open heart, ardent attachment; lightness, levity; Pink : fickleness, why trifle with my
affections - Give me a definite answer; Purple : haughtiness
Laurel : glory; Common (in flower) : perfidy; Ground : perserverance; Mountain : ambition
Laurestina : a token
Lavender : devotion; I like you very much, but this is not love; Leaves, Dead : melancholy
Lemon : zest; Blossoms : fidelity in love
Lettuce : cold-heartedness
Lichen : rejection, solitude
Lilac, Field : humility; Purple : new love, first love; White : youthful innocence, a tribute to your
beauty and spirituality
Lily, yellow : falsehood, gaeity; Orange : hatred; White : purity and modesty, sincerity, majesty. I kiss the hem of your garment; Tiger : passion, wealth, pride, my love knows no bound; Lily of the Valley : purity, humility, return of happiness; maidenly modesty, friendship is sweet - talk to me not of love; Lent : sweet disposition; Water : purity of heart; Day : coquetry
Lime Tree : conjugal love
Lint : I feel my obligation
Liquorice, Wild : I declare against you
Lobelia, blue : I like you not; I cannot love you; White : your attentions are entirely misdirected
Locust Tree : elegance; Green : affection beyond the grave
London Pride : frivolity, flirtation, forgive me for causing you heartache; you can be nothing to me
Loosestrife, purple : forgiveness, take this flower as a peace offering; Yellow : peace, I am sorry
Lote Tree : concord
Lotus : eloquence; Flower : estranged love; Leaf : recantation
Love-In-A-Mist : kiss me twice before I rise; perplexity, uncertainity, your message is ambigious;
Love Lies Bleeding : broken heart, since you refuse me, life is empty
Lucerne : life
Lupin : voraciousness, over-boldness