The Emotional Meanings of Flowers  - and Some Flowery Quotations

"Flora, Roman Goddess of Flowers" by Eveleyn De Morgan

"Floriography" is communication of feelings and emotions through the use or arrangement of  particular flowers.

During the  Victorian era, gifts of flowers, plants, and floral arrangements were used to send a secret message to the recipient, allowing the sender to express feelings symbolically, which could not be spoken aloud.

Flower meanings from The Old Farmer's Almanac

Chloris - Greek Goddess of Flowers

Chloris was born a  nymph, a nature spirit who tended to Nature, and  was the daughter of the two ancient, ocean-going Titans, Oceanus and Tethys. 

One day, she was  happened upon by Zephyrus, the god of the West Wind and keeper of the warm spring breezes.
Zephyrus was stunned by her beauty and sweetness, and begged for her hand in marriage. With that came the prospect of Chloris being made a minor goddess.

Chloris fell quite in love with Zephyrus, and had three children by him: Ampyx, Mopsus and Carpus. 
She became the Flower Tender of The World, and was also said to have been responsible for the flower transformations of several characters in Greek Mythology: Adonis, Attis, Crocus, Hyacinthus and Narcissus, all turned ino flowers for their different circumstances.

Chloris was said to have created the very first rose. 
While strolling through her garden one morning, she supposedly came upon a lifeless nymph in a clearing surrounded by thick and fragrant forest. 
In her deep despair over the nymph's death, she decided to transform the girl into a flower to preserve her beauty and keep her essence alive. 
The rose was born and was named the Queen of Flowers.

“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson

Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth's lips, spoken without sound.
- Edwin Curran

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.
- Henry Ward Beecher

How I wished that I could come back as a flower
To spread the sweetness of love.
- Stevie Wonder

Earth laughs in flowers.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (One of my favorite authors!)

The flower fades that is not looked upon.
-Edward Counsel

Flowers are like small lanterns glowing on the forest floor.
- Steve Mueller

Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.
- Elbert Hubbard

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” 
– Victor Hugo

What this old world needs is more bouquets handed around to folks when they are alive and kicking. Flowers don't do a dead one much good.
- Robert Elliott Gonzales

“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” 
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” 
– Luther Burbank