The Victorian Language of Flowers T-Z

Tamarick : crime
Tansy : rejected addresses, I am not interested in you; Wild : I declare war against you
Teasel, Fuller's : misanthropy; importance
Tendrils of Climbing Plants : ties
Thistle, Common : austerity; Scotch : retaliation
Thorn Apple : deceitful charms
Thorns, Branch of : severity, rigour
Thrift : sympathy, interest, tell me more about yourself
Throatwort : neglected beauty
Thyme : courage and strength; activity; Dodder of : baseness
Tiger Flower : for once may pride befriend me
Old Man's Beard : middle-aged love, though not a young lover, my love is sincere
Travellor's Joy : safety
Tree of Life : old age
Trefoil : revenge; Birdsfoot : revenge, retribution, your fickleness will bring its own punishment
Tremella Nestoe : resistance
Trillium Pictum : modest beauty
Truffle : surprise
Trumpet Flower : flame, my heart burns for you
Tuberose : dangerous pleasures, wounding, I have fluttered near the flame and singed my wings
Tulip : symbol of a perfect lover; Red : declaration of love, by this token I declare my passion;
Variegated : beautiful eyes; Yellow : hopeless love
Turnip : charity
Tussilago, Sweet-scented : justice shall be done

Valerian : accomodating disposition, merit in disguise, conscious of my lowliness, I aspire none-the-less to wed you; Blue-Flowered Greek : rapture
Venus' Car : fly with me
Venus' Looking-glass : flattery
Venus' Fly Trap : deceit
Verbena : may you get your wish; enthrallment, you have a spell over me; Scarlet : sensibility; White : pure and guileless
Vernal Grass : poor but happy
Veronica : fidelity, true love, nothing shall part us
Vervain : enchantment
Vine : intoxication
Violet : modesty, syplicity, faith; Dame : watchfulness; Sweet : modesty, pure and sweet art thou;
Yellow : rural happiness; Dog : lad's love, you are my first sweetheart
Virginia Creeper : ever changing
Virgin's Bower : initial love
Volkmannia : may you be happy

Wallflower : friendship in adversity, fidelity in adversity, constancy through sunshine and storm
Walnut : intellect
Watermelon : bulkness
Wax Plant : susceptibility
Weigela : accept a faithful heart
Wheat Stalk : riches
Whin : anger
Whortleberry : treason
Willow, Creeping : love forsaken; Water : freedom; Weeping : mourning; French : bravery and humanity; Spiked Herb : pretension
Wisteria : I cling to thee
Woodbine : fraternal love
Wormwood : absence, best of friends must part

Xanthium : rudeness, pertinacity
Xerathemum : cheerfulness in adversity

Yarrow (Milfoil) : disputes, quarrels
Yew : sorrow

Zephyr Flower : expectation
Zinnia : thoughts of absent friends

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