- Aloe - healing, protection, affection
- Angelica - inspiration
- Arbor vitae - unchanging friendship
- Bachelor's buttons - single blessedness
- Basil - good wishes, love
- Bay - glory
- Carnation - alas for my poor heart
- Chamomile - patience
- Chives - usefulness
- Clover (white) - think of me
- Coriander - hidden worth
- Cumin - fidelity
- Fennel - flattery
- Fern - sincerity
- Geranium - true friendship
- Goldenrod - encouragement
- Heliotrope - eternal love
- Holly - hope
- Hollyhock - ambition
- Honeysuckle - bonds of love
- Horehound - health
- Hyssop - sacrifice, cleanliness
- Ivy - friendship, continuity
- Lady's mantle - comforting
- Lavender - devotion, virtue
- Lemon balm - sympathy
- Marjoram - joy, happyness
- Mints - eternal refreshment
- Morning glory - affectation
- Nasturtium - patriotism
- Oak - strength
- Oregano - substance
- Pansy - thoughts
- Parsley - festivity
- Pine - humility
- Poppy - consolation
- Rose - love
- Rosemary - rememberance
- Rudbeckia - justice
- Rue - grace, clear vision
- Sage - wisdom, immortality
- Salvia (blue) - thinking of you
- Salvia (red) - forever mine
- Savory - spice, interest
- Sorrel - affection
- Southernwood - constancy, jest
- Sweet-pea - pleasures
- Sweet woodruff - humility
- Tansy - hostile thoughts
- Tarragon - lasting interest
- Thyme - courage, strength
- Valerian - readiness
- Violet - loyalty, devotion
- Violet (blue) - faithfulness
- Violet (yellow) - rural happiness
- Willow - sadness
- Zinnia - thoughts of absent friends
I'm not sure what the source is for this.. I found it in the Handy Science Answer Book, but it's hard to tell where they got it from since there are 24 pages of book references in the appendix.
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