The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-30
FLOWER LANGUAGE.
Floral Calendar That Takes the
Place of New Year Calls.


1t Is how a custom with many people to
send bouq let of flowers accompanied with
appropriate New Year wishes instead OF
making personal calls upon their friends.
These flowers, however, are not sent hap
hazard.
A big bunch of violets tied with purple
ribbon means II wish you many happy
returns of the New Year" But if the
violets are tied with white ribbon the sig.
niflcance changes to 81 wish you a happier
New Year than the last" If tied with a
changeable ribbon or sent In basket, the
meaning becomes Happy New Year for
all the family"
"You are the most magniflcently beauti-
full girl l know" Callas to married
woman-for men make calls with the ut
most freedom and pay out sentimental
thoughts with the utmost liberality then
denote 1T Is dangerous for me to gaze
upon your beauty, so discontented do be-
comet But If the callas are laid in box
with pansles around their stems they read,
although I admire your beauty, can
only rejoice that you have 80 happy home
and so delightful q family"
The realm of love is reached with the
red double pinks. These denote love, pure
and simple. The girl who gets box of
vivid carnations without green or other
color can read, II love you SO dearly that
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 / offer you my
devoted service upon the threshold of a
new year You can command me until
death. T"
The chrysanthemum falls from its high
estate into the commonplace as New
Years greeting It means Think of me.
A single big chrysanthemum says, Il
have a happy new year thought for you. q"
And chrysanthemums enough for tall
vase as much as say II have friendly
feeling for all your family"
They mean intellectual thought and are
the ideal gift for a student 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 box
of red roses can understand that she Is
very cruel to faithful heart who wishes
she would reform from her cruel ways. A
bunch of mixed roses mean affection. II
might love you more II you were not SO
cruel to me-" To q hostess they mean II
hope you will often give me the oppor-
tunity of being with you and your family
this year"
The white jasmine says, ALLOW me to
wish 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: II believe in
you and will make you my star the com
Ing year You are true" The scarlet
geranium growing in a pot means "You
have my sympathy in your bereavement.
The primrose growing In u pot Is the prop
or New Years gift for a growing girl 1t
says, "You give promise of much beauty
Of character" The growing ivy means
"Pray tell me how I can please you this
year," A growing box Of pansies reads,
II wish you the best of health. com
bination of sentiments can be expressed by
uniting the flowers When the 1898 girl
receives the flowers, she selects the lot she
likes best and places 1t in the parlor win
dow or sets it in the bay window of her
boudoir Or
But you select the flowers and the girl
will do the rest.-Chicago Chronicle