The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-26
FLOWERS TELLILOVE HER."
A NEW YEAR FLORAL CALENDAR
TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE

Love and Palms appreciation of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES For All
Occasions.
New York, Dec. 24-In locations where
the time-honored New Years call has
gone out, the florists trade has percept-
bly, increased. 1t is the fashion to send a
bouquet with New Year wishes instead of
going to make a call. 1t is easier to write
Il wish you a Happy New Year and all
good things for 49, than 1t Is to say it,.
And that is no doubt the reason for the
decrease in calling and the consequent in
crease in the florists bill.
Flowers are, however, not sent at hap
hazard The stationers say there has
never been such call for floral albums
as during the present month, which means
! that young men and Old men are studying
| the floral album to get an appropriate
floral message for their New Year gift.
A big bunch of volets tied with purple
ribbon means, Il wish you many happy
returns of the New Year" But if the vio-
lets are tied with white ribbon the signifl-
canoe changes to 81 wish you a happier
! New Year than the last" If tied with a
changeable ribbon, or sent in a basket
the meaning becomes Happy New Year
for all the family
The floral guides differ slightly. but from
a careful study of them all the following
correct sentiments are obtained:
Callas sent to a young woman means
you are the most magnihcently beautiful
girl 1 know" Calais to married woman
Eos
freedom and pay out sentimental
thoughts with the utmost liberality then
denote; ut is dangerous for me to gaze
upon your beauty-so disconnected do
become!' But If the callas are laid in
box with pansies around their stems they
read Although 1 admire your beauty,
] can only rejoice that you have so happy
home and so delightful family"
A bunch of straw, or a sheaf of wheat,
or any grain, punched and delivered TO
a young lady, says: "You have forced
upon me a state of platonic affection
which is much against my wishes" Grain
sent loose with few flowers laid on top
speaks thus MY affection for you is as
strong and as sincerely platonic as yours
for me-"
The gentleman who is going away upon
journey and must bid farewell to a fam
lily which he is in the habit of visiting,
sends green things, MOSES, ferns, smilax,
holly and mistletoe. To the young lady
whom he much admires he sends a box
of pure holly. If he is very DESTROYS of
kissing her goodbye before he departs
upon the journey he sends her box OF
mistletoe Shelf she be wise girl-ties
little to the chandelier.
The man who feels that he has been, or
is being. tilted sends cold white flowers to
the girl for New Year gift. He selects
snowballs, little white flowers, camelas
and white pinks. The same flowers sent
to a matron mean 81 wish to be very
friendly to your family during the coming
year"
The realm of love is reached with the
red double pinks. These denote love, pure
and simple The girl who gets a box of
vivid carnations without green or other
color can read, II love you so dearly that
l can never be happy without you for my
wife"
The same carnations addressed to a ma
tron say, II have received so many favors
from you and yours that 1 offer you my
devoted service upon the threshold of a
new year. You can command me until
DEATH"
Jonquils mean 81 hope that you will re-
turn my friendhness for you this year"
The chrysanthemum falls from it's high
estate into the commonplace as a New
Year greeting. 1t means Think of me-
A single big chrysanthemum says II have
happy New Year thought for you" And
chrysanthemums enough for a tall vase
as much as to say, II have a friendly
feeling for all your family"
Pansies, too, mean, Think of me-" But
they deeper. The heart in afliction
sends them to the bereaved heart. The
| thoughtful person sends them to the studi-
! Gus girl The sentimental poet chooses
! them for a woman who has suggested a
stanza to him. They mean intellectual
| thought and are the ideal gift for a stu
| dent. You cannot wish happy New Year
! in any better way.
The red rose means "My heart is break
| ing for you" The girl who receives a box
| of red roses can understand that she is
very cruel to a faitful heart who wishes
| she would reform from her cruel ways. A
| bunch Of mixed roses mean affection. Il
i might love you more if you were not so
/ cruel to me-" To d hostess they mean Il
hope You win often give me the opportu-
! nily of being with you and your family
! this year"
II appreciate your past hospitality is
| JOlu Dy u pot Oh growing green. "A .ruDDer
plant or any variety of palm tells this
nicely.
The white jasmine says, "Allow me to
wish a happy New Year to the cleverest
and most amiable young woman know .
The same is told by the white lilac, by
the white primrose or the tiny white
! rose.
The passion flower reads 81 believe in
you and will make you my star the COM
ing year. You arc true"
The scarlet geranium growing in a pot
means, you have my sympathy in your
bereavement"
The primrose growing in a pot is the
proper New Year gift for a growing girl
1t says: You give promise of much
beauty of character"
The growing ivy means, pray tell me
how can please you this year?"
A growing box of pansies reads: IT
wish you the best of health"
A combination of sentiments can be ex-
! pressed by uniting the flowers.
When the 9S girl receives the flowers,
she selects the lot she likes best and
places it in the parlor window, or sets il
i'm the bay window of her boudoir Or
| But you select the flowers and the girl