Bridal Rose - Happy Love
Cabbage Rose (R. centifolia) - Grace; The Ambassador of Love
Cherokee Rose - Indian Love Song
China Rose - Beauty Forever New
Christmas Rose - Tranquillize My Anxiety
Damask Rose - Beautiful Complexion; Bashful Love; Persian Ambassador of Love
Dog Rose (R. canina) - Pleasure and Pain
Eglantine Rose (R. rubiginosa) - Poetry
Hibiscus Rose - Delicate Beauty
Monthly Rose (R. chinensis) - Grace and beauty ever-new
Moss Rose - Voluptuous Love
Musk Rose (Single) - Capricious Beauty
Musk Rose (Cluster) - You are Charming
Pompon Miniature Rose - Gentleness, Prettiness
Tea Rose - I'll Remember, Always
Colors:
Burgundy - Unconscious Beauty
Coral - Desire
Dark Crimson - Mourning, Bashful shame
Lavender - Enchantment
Orange - Passion, Fascination
Peach - Immortality, Modesty
Pink - Our Love is Perfect Happiness, Please Believe Me, Secret Love or Grace and Sweetness
Dark Pink - Thankfulness
Pale Pink - Grace, Joy
Red - Love, I Love You, Desire, Respect, Passion
White - Innocence and Purity, I am Worthy of You, You're Heavenly, Secrecy and Silence, Sincerity
Yellow - Decrease of Love, Jealousy, Try to Care, Infidelity, Friendship
Rosebuds:
General - Beauty and Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love, Simplicity
Moss - Confessions of Love
Red - Pure and Lovely
White - Girlhood, I am worthy of you, Charm, Innocence, a Heart Unacquainted with Love
Arrangement:
Bouquet of Mature Blooms - Gratitude
Dried (White) - Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue
Full Bloom (over Two Buds) - We Must be Secret
Full Bloom (Red) - I love you
Full Bloom (Single) - I Love You, I Still Love You
Garland - Reward of Virtue and Beauty, Reward of Merit, Symbol of Superior Merit
Leaf - You May Hope
Red and White - Unity
Rosebud (with Leaves and Thorns) - I Fear, but I hope
Rosebud (Stripped of Leaves and Thorns) - Everything is to be Feared
Rosebud (Stripped of Thorns) - Everything is to be Hoped
Single - Simplicity
Thornless - Love at First Sight, Early Attachment
Unopened - Unawakened love
White and Red Mixed - Unity, Flower Emblem of England
Withered - Fading Beauty
Withered (Red) - I Would Rather Die; Our Love is Over
Withered (White) - Transient Impression, Fleeting Beauty, You Made No Impression, Fleeting Charms
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