SAMPLE RECIPES:

---

Valentine Treats
by Sara Perry, Quentin
Bacon (Photographer)
Chronicle Books
Date: January 2001
ISBN: 0811825922
Paperback
ORDER/INFO

Create your own eloquent note with a single flower, or compose an evocative, witty, and very personal message by combining several kinds of flowers to make a brilliant bouquet or a secretive tussie-mussie. Here is a dictionary to guide you:

• Chrysanthemum (red) - "I love"
  
• Clover - "Think of me"
  
• Daffodil - respect
  
• Daisy - innocence
  
• Fern - sincerity
  
• Forget-me-not - true love
  
• Hibiscus - delicate beauty, grace
  
• Iris - passion
  
• Ivy twines - fidelity, marriage
  
• Jonquil - "Please return my affection"
  
• Lavender - devotion
  
• Lilac (purple) - "I'm falling in love with you"
  
• Mint - virtue, warm feelings
  
• Pansy - "I'm thinking of you"
  
• Parsley - merriment, festivity
  
• Peppermint - warmth of feeling
  
• Rose - love and all of its meanings (see below)
  
  • Red rose - "I love you," respect, courage
    
  • Red rosebud - purity, loveliness
    
  • Bouquet of red and white roses - unity, harmony
    
  • Bouquet of red and yellow roses - happy feelings, joy
    
  • Yellow rose - "Try to care"
    
  • Coral or orange rose - desire
    
  • Pale colored roses - friendship, comradeship
    
  • A single rose - "I love you"
    
  • Two roses joined to form a single stem - "Will you marry me?"
    
  • Blooming rose above two buds - secrecy
    
• Rosemary - remembrance
  
• Scented geranium - happiness
  
• Stock - lasting beauty
  
• Thyme - daring, courage
  
• Violet - faithfulness
  
• Zinnia - "Thinking of you in your absence"