Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway (good books to read for 12 year olds TXT) 📕

Flower. Excellence Camellia Japonica. Expectation Anemone. Expectation Zephyr Flower. Expected meeting Nutmeg Geranium. Extent Gourd. Extinguished hopes Major Convolvulus.
Facility Germander Speedwell. Fairies' fire Pyrus Japonica. Faithfulness Blue Violet. Faithfulness Heliotrope. Falsehood Buglass. Falsehood Yellow Lily. Falsehood Manchineal Tree. Fame Tulip. Trumpet Flower. Fame speaks him great and good Apple Blossom. Fantastic extravagance Scarlet Poppy. Farewell Michaelmas Daisy. Fascination Fern. Fascination Honesty. Fashion Queen's Rocket. Fecundity Hollyhock. Felicity Sweet Sultan. Female fidelity Speedwell. Festivity Parsley. Fickleness Abatina. Fickleness Pink Larkspur. Filial love Virgin's bower. Fidelity Veronica. Ivy. Fidelity Plum Tree. Fidelity in adversity Wall-flower. Fidelity in love Lemon Blossoms. Fire Fleur-de-Luce. First emotions of love Purple Lilac. Flame Fleur-de-lis. Iris. Flattery Venus' Looking-glass. Flee away Pennyroyal. Fly with me Venus' Car. Folly Columbine. Foppery Cockscomb Amaranth. Foolishness Pomegranate. Foresight Holly. Forgetfulness Moonwort. Forget me not Forget Me Not. For once may pride befriend me Tiger Flower. Forsaken Garden Anemone. Forsaken Laburnum. Frankness Osier. Fraternal love Woodbine. Freedom Water Willow. Freshness Damask Rose. Friendship Acacia. Friendship, early Blue Periwinkle. Friendship, true Oak-leaved Geranium. Friendship, unchanging Arbor Vitæ. Frivolity London Pride. Frugality Chicory. Endive.
Gaiety Butterfly Orchis. Gaiety Yellow Lily. Gallantry Sweet William. Generosity Orange Tree. Generous and devoted affection French Honeysuckle. Genius Plane Tree. Gentility Corn Cockle. Girlhood White Rosebud. Gladness Myrrh. Glory Bay Tree. Glory Laurel. Glorious beauty Glory Flower. Goodness Bonus Henricus. Goodness Mercury. Good education Cherry Tree. Good wishes Sweet Basil. Goodnature White Mullein. Gossip Cobæa. Grace Multiflora Rose. Grace and elegance Yellow Jasmine. Grandeur Ash Tree Gratitude Small White Bell-flower. Grief Harebell. Grief Marigold.
Happy love Bridal Rose. Hatred Basil. Haughtiness Purple Larkspur. Haughtiness Tall Sunflower. Health Iceland Moss. Hermitage Milkwort. Hidden worth Coriander. Honesty Honesty. Hope Flowering Almond. Hope Hawthorn. Hope Snowdrop. Hope in adversity Spruce Pine. Hopeless love Yellow Tulip. Hopeless, not heartless Love Lies Bleating. Horror Mandrake. Horror Dragonswort. Horror Snakesfoot. Hospitality Oak Tree. Humility Broom. Humility Small Bindweed. Humility Field Lilac.
I am too happy Cape Jasmine. I am your captive Peach Blossom. I am worthy of you White Rose. I change but in death Bay Leaf. I declare against you Belvedere. I declare against you Liquorice. I declare war against you Wild Tansy. I die if neglected Laurestina. I desire a return of affection Jonquil. I feel my obligations Lint. I feel your kindness Flax. I have lost all Mourning Bride. I live for thee Cedar Leaf. I love Red Chrysanthemum. I partake of your sentiments Double China Aster. I partake your sentiments Garden Daisy. I shall die to-morrow Gum Cistus. I shall not survive you Black Mulberry. I surmount difficulties Mistletoe. I will think of it Single China Aster. I will think of it Wild Daisy. I wound to heal Eglantine (Sweetbrier). If you love me, you will find it out Maiden Blush Rose. Idleness Mesembryanthemum. Ill-natured beauty Citron. Imagination Lupine. Immortality Amaranth (Globe). Impatience yellow Balsam. Impatient of absence Corchorus. Impatient resolves Red Balsam. Imperfection Henbane. Importunity Burdock. Inconstancy Evening Primrose. Incorruptible Cedar of Lebanon. Independence Wild Plum Tree. Independence White Oak. Indifference Everflowering Candytuft. Indifference Mustard Seed. Indifference Pigeon Berry. Indifference Senvy. Indiscretion Split Reed. Industry Red Clover. Industry, Domestic Flax. Ingenuousness White Pink. Ingenuity Pencilled Geranium. Ingenuous simplicity Mouse-eared Chickweed. Ingratitude Crowfoot. Innocence Daisy. Insincerity Foxglove. Insinuation Great Bindweed. Inspiration Angelica. Instability Dahlia. Intellect Walnut. Intoxication Vine. Irony Sardony.
Jealousy French Marigold. Jealousy Yellow Rose. Jest Southernwood. Joy Wood Sorrel. Joys to come Lesser Celandine. Justice Rudbeckia. Justice shall be done to you Coltsfoot. Justice shall be done to you Sweet-scented Tussilage.
Knight-errantry Helmet Flower (Monkshood).
Lamentation Aspon Tree. Lasting beauty Stock. Lasting pleasures Everlasting Pea. Let me go Butterfly Weed. Levity Larkspur. Liberty Live Oak. Life Lucern. Lightheartedness Shamrock. Lightness Larkspur. Live for me Arbor Vitæ. Love Myrtle. Love Rose. Love, forsaken Creeping Willow. Love, returned Ambrosia. Love is dangerous Carolina Rose. Lustre Aconite-leaved Crowfoot, or Fair Maid of France. Luxury Chesnut Tree.
Magnificent beauty Calla, Æthiopica. Majesty Crown Imperial. Malevolence Lobelia. Marriage Ivy. Maternal affection Cinquefoil. Maternal love Moss. Maternal tenderness Wood Sorrel. Matrimony American Linden. May you be happy Volkamenia Meanness Cuscuta. Meekness Birch. Melancholy Dark Geranium. Melancholy Dead Leaves. Mental beauty Clematis. Mental beauty Kennedia. Message Iris. Mildness Mallow. Mirth Saffron Crocus. Misanthropy Aconite (Wolfsbane). Misanthropy Fuller's Teasel. Modest beauty Trillium Pictum. Modest genius Creeping Cereus. Modesty Violet. Modesty and purity White Lily. Momentary happiness Virginian Spiderwort. Mourning Weeping Willow Music Bundles of Reed with their panicles. My best days are past Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron. My regrets follow you to the grave Asphodel.
Neatness Broom. Neglected beauty Throatwort. Never-ceasing remembrance Everlasting.
Old age Tree of Life. Only deserve my love Campion Rose.
Painful recollections Flos Adonis. Painting Auricula. Painting the lily Daphne Odora. Passion White Dittany. Paternal error Cardamine. Patience Dock. Ox Eye. Patriotism American Elm. Patriotism Nasturtium. Peace Olive. Perfected loveliness Camellia Japonica, White. Perfidy Common Laurel, in flower. Pensive beauty Laburnum. Perplexity Love in a Mist. Persecution Chequered Fritillary. Perseverance Swamp Magnolia. Persuasion Althea Frutex. Persuasion Syrian Mallow. Pertinacity Clotbur. Pity Pine. Pleasure and pain Dog Rose. Pleasure, lasting Everlasting Pea. Pleasures of memory White Periwinkle. Popular favour Cistus, or Rock Rose. Poverty Evergreen Clematis. Power Imperial Montague. Power Cress. Precaution Golden Rod. Prediction Prophetic Marigold. Pretension Spited Willow Herb. Pride Amaryllis. Pride Hundred-leaved Rose. Privation Indian Plum. Privation Myrobalan. Profit Cabbage. Prohibition Privet. Prolific Fig Tree. Promptness Ten-week Stock. Prosperity Beech Tree. Protection Bearded Crepis. Prudence Mountain Ash. Pure love Single Red Pink. Pure and ardent love Double Red Pink. Pure and lovely Red Rosebud. Purity Star of Bethlehem.
Quarrel Broken Corn-straw. Quicksightedness Hawk-weed.
Reason Goat's Rue. Recantation Lotus Leaf. Recall Silver-leaved Geranium. Reconciliation Filbert. Reconciliation Hazel. Refusal Striped Carnation. Regard Daffodil. Relief Balm of Gilead. Relieve my anxiety Christmas Rose. Religious superstition Aloe. Religious superstition Passion Flower. Religious enthusiasm Schinus. Remembrance Rosemary. Remorse Bramble. Remorse Raspberry. Rendezvous Chickweed. Reserve Maple. Resistance Tremella Nestoc. Restoration Persicaria. Retaliation Scotch Thistle. Return of happiness Lily of the Valley. Revenge Birdsfoot Trefoil. Reverie Flowering Fern. Reward of merit Bay Wreath. Reward of virtue Garland of Roses. Riches Corn. Rigour Lantana. Rivalry Rocket. Rudeness Clotbur. Rudeness Xanthium. Rural happiness Yellow Violet. Rustic beauty French Honeysuckle. Rustic oracle Dandelion.
Sadness Dead Leaves. Safety Traveller's Joy. Satire Prickly Pear. Sculpture Hoya. Secret Love Yellow Acacia. Semblance Spiked Speedwell. Sensitiveness Mimosa. Sensuality Spanish Jasmine. Separation Carolina Jasmine. Severity Branch of Thorns. Shame Peony. Sharpness Barberry Tree. Sickness Anemone (Zephyr Flower). Silliness Fool's Parsley. Simplicity American Sweetbrier. Sincerity Garden Chervil. Slighted love Yellow Chrysanthemum. Snare Catchfly. Dragon Plant. Solitude Heath. Sorrow Yew. Sourness of Temper Barberry. Spell Circæa. Spleen Fumitory. Splendid beauty Amaryllis. Splendour Austurtium. Sporting Fox-tail Grass. Stedfast Piety Wild Geranium. Stoicism Box Tree. Strength Cedar. Fennel. Submission Grass. Submission Harebell. Success crown your wishes Coronella. Succour Juniper. Sunbeaming eyes Scarlet Lychnis. Surprise Truffle. Susceptibility Wax Plant. Suspicion Champignon. Sympathy Balm. Sympathy Thrift.
Talent White Pink. Tardiness Flax-leaved Goldy-locks. Taste Scarlet Fuchsia. Tears Helenium. Temperance Azalea. Temptation Apple. Thankfulness Agrimony. The colour of my fate Coral Honeysuckle. The heart's mystery Crimson Polyanthus. The perfection of female loveliness Justicia. The witching soul of music Oats. Thoughts Pansy. Thoughts of absent friends Zinnia. Thy frown wilt kill me Currant. Thy smile I aspire to Daily Rose. Ties Tendrils of Climbing Plants. Timidity Amaryllis. Timidity Marvel of Peru. Time White Poplar. Tranquillity Mudwort. Tranquillity Stonecrop. Tranquillize my anxiety Christmas Rose. Transient beauty Night-blooming Cereus. Transient impressions Withered White Rose. Transport of joy Cape Jasmine. Treachery Bilberry. True love Forget Me Not. True Friendship Oak-leaved Geranium. Truth Bittersweet Nightshade. Truth White Chrysanthemum.
Unanimity Phlox. Unbelief Judas Tree. Unceasing remembrance American Cudweed. Unchanging friendship Arbor Vitæ. Unconscious beauty Burgundy Rose. Unexpected meeting Lemon Geranium. Unfortunate attachment Mourning Bride. Unfortunate love Scabious. Union Whole Straw. Unity White and Red Rose together. Unpatronized merit Red Primrose. Uselessness Meadowsweet. Utility Grass. Variety China Aster.
Variety Mundi Rose. Vice Darnel (Ray Grass). Victory Palm. Virtue Mint. Virtue, Domestic Sage. Volubility Abecedary. Voraciousness Lupine. Vulgar Minds African Marigold.
War York and Lancaster Rose. War Achillea Millefolia. Warlike trophy Indian Cress. Warmth of feeling Peppermint. Watchfulness Dame Violet. Weakness Moschatel Weakness Musk Plant. Welcome to a stranger American Starwort. Widowhood Sweet Scabious. Win me and wear me Lady's Slipper. Winning grace Cowslip. Winter Guelder Rose. Wit Meadow Lychnis. Wit ill-timed Wild Sorrel. Witchcraft Enchanter's Nightshade. Worth beyond beauty Sweet Alyssum. Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection Pink Convolvulus. Worthy all praise Fennel.
You are cold Hortensia. You are my divinity American Cowslip. You are perfect Pine Apple. You are radiant with charms Ranunculus. You are rich in attractions Garden Ranunculus. You are the queen of coquettes Queen's Rocket. You have no claims Pasque Flower. You please all Branch of Currants. You will be my death. Hemlock. Your charms are engraven on my heart Spindle Tree. Your looks freeze me Ice Plant. Your presence softens my pains Milkvetch. Your purity equals your loveliness Orange Blossoms. Your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled Peach. Your qualities surpass your charms Mignionette. Youthful innocence White Lilac. Youthful love Red Catchfly.
Zealousness Elder. Zest Lemon. The Language of Flowers DAFFODILS. I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden Daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle in the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company;
I gazed and gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought!

For oft when on my couch I lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils.
Wordsworth. THE ROSE. Go, lovely Rose!
Tell her that wastes her time on me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.

Tell her that's young.
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That hadst thou sprung
In deserts where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.

Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired;
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush so to be admired.

Then die, that she
The common fate of all things rare
May read in thee;
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair,

Yet, though thou fade,
From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise
And teach the maid
That goodness Time's rude hand defies;
That virtue lives when beauty dies.
Waller. THE SENSITIVE PLANT. A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses of Night.
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But none ever trembled and panted with bliss
In the garden, the field, or the wilderness,
Like doe in the noontide with love's sweet want,
As the companionless Sensitive Plant.

The snowdrop, and then the violet,
Arose from the ground with warm rain wet,
And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent,
From the turf, like the voice and the instrument.

Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall,
And narcissi, the fairest among them all,
Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess,
Till they die of their own dear loveliness.

And the naiad-like lily of the vale.
Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale,
That the light of its tremulous bells is seen
Through their pavilions of tender green;

And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue,
Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew
Of music so delicate, soft and intense,
It was felt like an odour within the sense!

And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest,
Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast,
Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air
The soul of her beauty and love lay bare;

And the wand-like