Other Flowers With Symbolic Meanings
Lilies were associated with "innocence, virginity, and complements of fair skin"(Olsen).
Roses were consider one of the worlds most finest flowers, "brought to mind thoughts of love and beautiful women"(Olsen). They were important politically. White=badge of the house of york. Red=the house of Lancaster. The double rose, red and white indicated the badge of the Tudor dynasty. Which "remained prominent emblem to the end of Elizabeth’s reign and was supplanted in James I’s by the Scottish thistle"(Olsen).
Eglantine flower is a "5 petaled flower that was associated with the queen"(Olsen)
Buds symbolized youth and "innocent blossoming" (Cousins)
Marigold was associated with the sun or with "one who follows a great leader"(Olsen) because it "follows the path of the sun"(Olsen).
Ivy symbolizes "fidelity, friendship and affection as well as wedded love"(meanings of flowers)
Tulip was use to send the message to the receiver "that the sender thinks he or she is the perfect lover"(meaning of flowers).