The Mother gave the significances of 880+ flowers as a key to the 'subtle language of flowers', listed here with botanical names, color, comments and photographs.
The Mother: 'Flowers speak to us when we know how to listen to them.. It is a subtle and fragrant language. As if to provide a key to this language, She identified the significances of 880+ flowers. In this book, these flowers and their meanings are presented in the light of her vision and experience. For each flower in Part 1, the following details are given: the Mother's significance, her comment on the significance, the botanical name, and the colour or colours of the flower. Relevant quotations from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother accompany many flower-significances as an aid to understanding them. For most flowers there is a colour photograph to facilitate identification. This reference volume contains indexes, glossaries, descriptions of the flowers and other information. There are three indexes : an Index of the Mother's Significances, an Index of Botanical Names and an Index of Common Names.
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The numbers below refer to the numbers of the flowers as they are arranged in Part 1.
A
Acerola 536
Achiote 47
Achira 78-80
African daisy 423
African iris 514
African marigold 398-400, 402
African tulip tree 795
African violet 737-38
Air plant 861
Alexandrian laurel 805
Almond 521
Almond tree 521
Alpine violet 858
Althaea 595, 603
Amaryllis 483-91
Amazon lily 476
Angel's trumpet 195
Angel wings 821
Angled luffa 691
Anikab 633
Annatto 47
Annual phlox 254-63
Apple guava 211
Areca-nut palm 785
Arrowroot 78 - 80
Asoka 333
Aubergine 409
Australian bottle plant 835
Australian chestnut 690
Australian gum 203
Australian ivy-palm 395
Autumn squash 854
Awl tree 817
Azalea 513
Aztec marigold 398-400, 402
B
Baby orchid 68
Baby's breath 519
Bachelor's button 505-09, 540
Bael tree 139
Bag flower 370
Balloon flower 449
Balsam pear 336
Barbados aloe 831
Barbados cherry 536
Barbados flower fence 716, 882
Barbados lily 483-91
Barbados pride 716, 882
Barberton daisy 423
Barrel cactus 562
Basil 140-42, 208
Basket flower 479
Bead tree 765
Beauty of the night 18-21
Begonia 341-48
Bejuco de ajo 771
Bell bauhinia 878
Bell flambeau 795
Belle de nuit 157
Ben 825
Bengal clock vine 887
Bengal quince 139
Bengal rose 92
Be-still tree 671-72, 689
Betel-nut palm 785
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Betel palm 785
Big marigold 398-400, 402
Bird of paradise 643
Bird's-eye bush 796
Bitter cucumber 336
Bitter gourd 336
Bitterwood 875
Black bean 690
Blackberry lily 57
Black-eyed Susan 756
Black-eyed Susan vine 477
Black wattle 247
Bladder cherry 859
Blade apple 424
Blanket flower 51-52, 329-30
Bleeding heart 163
Bleeding heart vine 370
Blood flower 687-88
Blood lily 637
Bloodwood tree 863
Bluebird vine 829
Blue-bottle 540
Blue dawn flower 527
Blue-eyed African daisy 280
Blue lace flower 685
Blue orchid 64
Blue pea 775, 884-85, 889
Blue potato bush 158
Blue sage 678-79
Blue snakeweed 755
Blue trumpet vine 887
Blue vine 775, 884-85, 889
Bluewings 895-97
Boat lily 4
Bottlebrush 850
Bottlebrush bush 850
Bottle gourd 772
Bougainvillea 24-34
Bouncing Bet 143
Bower plant 768
Bowstring hemp 403-04, 655-56
Brazilian gloxinia 186-88, 349
Bridal bouquet 880
Bridal creeper 883
Brinjal 409
Brisbane lily 877
Broad path 510
Bull bay 417
Burning bush 776
Burning love 127-28
Burnut 866
Bush clock vine 172-75
Bush violet 735-36
Busy Lizzie 248
Butterfly bush 531, 830
Butterfly orchid 68
Butterfly pea 775, 884-85, 889
Butterfly tree 742-43
C
Cactus 561
Calabash gourd 772
Calabur 857
Calico flower 460
Caltrop 866
Campeachy 863
Candytuft 318
Canna lily 621-32
Cannonball tree 558-59
Canterbury bells 332, 769
Cape honeysuckle 832
Cape jessamine 308-09
Cape leadwort 5, 898
Caper tree 684
Capsicum 797
Carambola tree 272
Cardinal climber 803
Cardinal's guard 834
Caricature plant 788
Carnation 276
Carrion flower 798
Catechu 785
Cat's claw 633
Cat's claw trumpet 633
Cat's whiskers 650—51
Cayenne jasmine 283 — 89
Cayenne pepper 797
Chaff-flower 510
Chain of love 350-52
Chalice vine 421
Champaca 13, 670
Chenille plant 224
Cherry-pie 733
Chili pepper 797
China aster 293-301
Chinaberry 765
China box 744
China rose 92
Chinese bellflower 449
Chinese forget-me-not 164
Chinese-hat plant 708-10
Chinese hibiscus 564—620
Chinese lantern 36-38, 859
Chinese lavender 281
Chinese parsley 534
Chinese rice flower 705
Chinese spinach 406
Chinese wisteria 529
Christmas candle 715
Christmas flower 761
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Christmas star 761
Christ thorn 190
Christ vine 880
Chrysanthemum 394
Climbing ilang-ilang 673-74
Climbing lily 438
Climbing oleander 748
Clock vine 887
Clove pink 276
Clover 845
Coconut 855
Coffee 111
Coleus 750, 754
Common allamanda 496
Common basil 142, 208
Common brier 106
Common broom 713
Common camellia 512
Common cockscomb 411-15
Common foxglove 214
Common garden verbena 215-20
Common grape vine 6
Common guava 211
Common hyacinth 518
Common laburnum 46
Common marigold 242
Common red ixora 129
Common snakeweed 755
Common zinnia 226-39
Conessi 660
Confederate rose mallow 566, 579
Confederate vine 350-52
Conifers 784
Copper pod 246
Copperleaf 221-23, 225
Coral plant 801, 867
Coral tree 869-71
Coral vine 350-52
Coriander 534
Cornflower 540
Corn poppy 844
Cosmetic-bark tree 744
Cotton 876
Cotton rose 566, 579
Country gooseberry 201
Cowslip creeper 786
Cradle lily 4
Crane flower 643
Crape gardenia 698-700
Crape jasmine 698-700
Crape myrtle 81-85
Creeping daisy 243, 313
Crepe flower 81-85
Crepe ginger 462-63
Crinum lily 250-51, 320
Croton 783
Crown beauty 479
Crown of thorns 190
Crown plant 403-04
Cup and saucer 332
Cup and saucer plant 708-10
Cupflower 865
Cupid's bower 745
Curacao aloe 831
Curtain creeper 123
Cypress vine 803
D
Daffodil 516
Dahlberg daisy 692
Dahlia 53, 541-47, 791-94
Dayflower 356, 846
Day jessamine 470
December flower 175
Devil's claw 213
Devil's weed 866
Dhak 636
Dill 808
Divi-divi 452
Dog brier 106
Dog rose 106
Dropseed 315
Drummond phlox 254-63
Drumstick tree 825
Dutch hyacinth 518
Dutchman's pipe 461
Dwarf white bauhinia 879
E
East Indian lotus 1-2
East Indian rosebay 698-700
Easter tree 660
Easter-lily cactus 562
Easter-lily vine 202
Edelweiss 653
Edging lobelia 160
Egg-plant 409
Eglantine 106
Egyptian rose 22-23
Egyptian star-cluster 472-75
Elder 538
Elderberry 538
Elephant's ear 821
Elephant-tusk 213
Eleven o'clock 14
Emerald feather 425
Emerald fern 425
Empress candle plant 715
English violet 316
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English wallflower 331
Eucalyptus 203
Eucharist lily 476
European grape 6
European snowdrop 44
F
Fairy lily 130-34
Fairy rose 97
False bird of paradise 864
False hop 662
False jalap 18-21
Fameflower 789
Farewell to spring 161
Feathered amaranth 434-35, 501-04, 753
Fennel 807
Fiddle-wood 648
Field poppy 844
Finger-grass 113
Firebush 873
Firecracker flower 836-38
Firecracker plant 801
Fire-dragon 222-23, 225
Fire on the mountain 762
Fire-wheels 51-52, 329-30
Flag 515
Flamboyant 494
Flame flower 642
Flame of the forest 636
Flame of the woods 127-28
Flame tree 494
Flame vine 642
Flame violet 778-79
Flamingo flower 818, 820
Flamingo lily 818
Flaming trumpet 642
Flanders poppy 844
Fleur-de-lis 515
Floppers 861
Flora's paintbrush 445-46
Florists' chrysanthemum 389-93
Florists' gloxinia 186-88, 349
Florists' verbena 215-20
Flossflower 740
Flowering flax 340
Flowering maple 36—38
Flowering tobacco 447
Forget-me-not 162, 164
Fountain plant 801
Four o'clock 18-21
Foxglove 214
Foxtail 224
Fragrant champaca 13, 670
Frangipani 664-68
French marigold 401
Funnel creeper 633
G
Galangal 437
Garden balsam 357—63
Garden gladiolus 176-85
Garden lupine 115
Garden violet 316
Garland lily 3
Garlic-vine 771
Geiger tree 138
Geranium 654
Gingelly 355
Ginger lily 3
Globe amaranth 505-09
Gloriosa daisy 756
Gloriosa lily 438
Glory bower 806
Glory lily 438
Glory tree 806
Gloxinia 186-88, 349
Glycine 144
Godetia 161
Gold and silver flower 159
Gold finch broom 714
Golden chain 46
Golden dewdrop 746—47
Golden everlasting 638
Golden fleece 692
Golden hurricane lily 683
Goldenrod 696
Golden-shower tree 712
Golden spider lily 683
Golden trumpet 496
Good-luck plant 114
Gout plant 835
Grape 6
Grapefruit 205
Greek myrtle 56
Green ebony 734
Green rose 94
Groundsel 443
Guernsey lily 207
Gumbo 702
Gum tree 203
H
Hawaiian good-luck plant 114
Hawaiian hibiscus 564 — 620
Hawaiian wood rose 326
Hawthorn 312
Heart's ease 722—23
Heliotrope 733
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Henna 396
Herald's trumpet 202
Hercules' club 772
Hibiscus 564-620
Hoary basil 141
Holly 338
Hollyhock 145-55
Holy basil 140
Honey mesquite 720
Honey plant 125
Horse-radish tree 825
Horse-tail creeper 883
Humble plant 790
Hyacinth 518
Hydrangea 354
I
Ilang-ilang 704
Inch plant 751
India cress 39-43
Indian almond 644
Indian blanket 51-52, 329-30
Indian cork tree 500
Indian laburnum 712
Indian laurel 805
Indian mallow 36-38
Indian mulberry 817
Indian oak 197
Indian pink 803
Indian privet 274
Indian red water lily 553
Indian root 687-88
Indian-shot 78-80
Ironbark 203
Ironwood 55
Italian aster 290-92
Italian jasmine 144
Italian yellow jasmine 317
Ivy 70
Ixora 126
J
Jacob's-coat 222-23, 225
Jamaican cherry 857
Jamaican vervain 755
Jambu mawar 450
Japanese flowering cherry 520
Japanese hibiscus 568
Japanese honeysuckle 159
Japanese lantern 568
Japanese pansy 745
Japanese snowball 311
Jasmine 302-04, 308-09
Jasmine tobacco 447
Jasmine tree 660
Java glory bean 369
Javanese ixora 129
Jerusalem thorn 539
Jessamine 302-04
Jewels of Opar 789
Jew's apple 409
Joseph's coat 510
Joy weed 510
Jungle flame 127-28
Jungle geranium 127-28
K
Kadam tree 641
Kaffir lily 482
Kamani 644
Kapok 874
King's mantle 172-75
Knight's star lily 483-91
Knotted marjoram 492
Knotweed 760
Krishna tulsi 140
Kurchi 660
L
Ladies' delight 722-23
Lady of the night 210, 881
Lady's eardrops 525
Lady's-finger 702
Large-flowered magnolia 417
Larkspur 117
Laurelwood 805
Lead tree 451
Leaf cactus 424
Leather flower 419
Lebbeck tree 459
Lemon 204
Lemongrass 275
Leopard lily 57
Life plant 861
Lilac 530
Lily of the field 135, 535
Lily of the valley 307
Lily thorn 499
Ling 843
Lipstick tree 47
Live-and-die 790
Lobster claw 864
Logwood 863
Lotus 1-2
Love-in-a-mist 322
Love-lies-bleeding 407, 752
Lucky nut 671-72, 689
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Lupine 115
M
Madagascar periwinkle 283-89
Madonna lily 306, 476
Madar 403-04
Madre de cacao 532
Malabar plum 450
Mandarin's-hat 708-10
Mango 847
Mango tree 846
Maple 120
Maple-leaved bayur 640
Margosa 649
Marguerite 848
Marguerite jaune 756
Marigold 397
Marvel of Peru 18-21
Matal 687-88
Meadow-weed 890
Mealy-cup sage 886
Mealy sage 886
Medicinal aloe 831
Medlar 244-45
Menow weed 890
Mexican bush sage 646
Mexican creeper 350—52
Mexican fire plant 762
Mexican palo verde 539
Mexican shrimp plant 662
Mexican sunflower 557, 799
Mignonette 339
Mignonette tree 396
Mimosa bush 453
Miniature holly 537
Mistletoe 35
Monkey-faced pansy 745
Monkey pod 455
Moon cereus 563
Moon daisy 848
Moonflower 157
Moreton Bay chestnut 690
Morning glory 156, 522-24, 528, 842
Morning-noon-and-night 767
Moses in his cradle 4
Moss verbena 780-82
Mother-in-law plant 821
Mother-in-law's tongue 655-56
Mountain ebony 741
Mountain thistle 773
Mournful widow 22-23
Mudar 403-04
Mungo tree 439
Mussel-shell creeper 775, 884-85, 889
Myrobalan 644
Myrtle 56
N
Nap at noon 314
Nasturtium 39-43
Native hops 868
Neem 649
Nepal trumpet flower 202
Nerve plant 212
Nicaraguan cocoa-shade 532
Night jasmine 118
Night jessamine 881
Night-blooming cereus 563
Nittu tree 439
Normandy broom 714
Nosegay 664-68
O
Octopus tree 395
Oil of Ben tree 825
Oilcloth flower 818
Okra 702
Old maid 283-89
Oleander 724-30
Orange jessamine 744
Orchid 58-69
Orchid pansy 745
Orchid tree 741-43
Oriental cherry 520
Ox-eye daisy 848
Oyster plant 4
P
Pagoda flower 273, 369
Pagoda tree 664-68
Painkiller 817
Painted leaf 762
Painted nettle 750, 754
Pala indigo plant 136
Palas 636
Pandanus palm 657
Pansy 722-23
Paprika 797
Paradise flower 716, 882
Paraguayan jasmine 767
Parlor maple 36-38
Parasol flower 708-10
Passion flower 252, 321
Patience plant 248
Peace lily 121
Peacock flower 494, 716, 882
Peacock orchid 731
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Pelican flower 461, 882
Peony 526
Peregrina 853
Persian lilac 765
Persian shield 241
Persian violet 858
Petunia 373-88
Pheasant's eye narcissus 517
Philippine violet 167-68, 170, 766
Physic nut 867
Pigeon berry 746—47
Pigeon wings 775, 884-85, 889
Pigmy rose 97
Pincushion flower 22—23
Pink Easter-lily cactus 562
Pink porcelain lily 436
Pink shower 658
Pink trumpet vine 442
Pinwheel flower 698-700
Poet's narcissus 517
Poinsettia 761
Polyantha rose 108
Pomegranate 7—9
Portia tree 827
Pot marigold 242
Powderpuff 456
Powderpuff tree 456
Pride of India 86, 765
Pride of Texas 262
Primrose 856
Princess vine 721
Proboscis flower 213
Pudding pipe tree 712
Pummelo 205
Pumpkin 854
Puncture vine 866
Purging cassia 712
Purple allamanda 497
Purple wreath 829
Pussy-foot 740
Pussy willow 50
Pygmy rose 97
Pyinma 86
Q
Queen's crape myrtle 86
Queensland 78-80
Queensland umbrella tree 395
Queen's-wreath 829
R
Railway creeper 196
Rain lily 130-34
Rain tree 455
Rainbow pink 277, 279
Rainbow shower 658
Ramona 645
Ram tulsi 140
Rangoon creeper 364
Rattlebox 787
Red cattail 224
Red-hot cattail 224
Red pepper 797
Red powderpuff 458
Red silk-cotton tree 468
Red violet 778
Resurrection lily 739
Rhododendron 513
Ribbon plant 444
Ridge gourd 691
Ringworm shrub 715
Rock purslane 828
Rose 87-109
Rose apple 450
Rose balsam 357-63
Rosebay 724-30
Rose moss 14
Rose-of-China 564-620
Rose of Sharon 595, 603
Rose periwinkle 283-89
Royal poinciana 494
Ruddles 242
Running pop 322
Rusty shield-bearer 246
S
Sacred lotus 1-2
Saga 197
Sage 645
Sage rose 676-77
Saigun 197
St. Thomas tree 878
St. Vincent lilac 144
Saman 455
Sandpaper 829
Satin-wood 744
Sausage tree 841
Scarlet bush 873
Scarlet flame bean 11
Scarlet orchid 68
Scarlet sage 647
Scarlet violet 778
Scarlet wistaria tree 493
Scented wattle 453
Scotch broom 713-14
Scotch marigod 242
Scots heather 843
Sea daffodil 479
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Sea holly 418
Senna 675
Sensitive plant 790
Sesame 355
Seven golden candlesticks 715
Shaddock 205
Shame plant 790
Shamrock 749
Shasta daisy 45
Shell ginger 436
Shirley poppy 844
Shower tree 675
Shrimp bush 662
Shrimp plant 662
Shrub althaea 595, 603
Shrub verbena 813—16
Shrub vinca 209
Siamese ginger 437
Silk-cotton tree 639
Silver fittonia 212
Silver nerve 212
Silver net plant 212
Simul 468
Singapore holly 537
Sing-kwa 691
Siris tree 459
Sky flower 746-47
Sky vine 887
Smartweed 760
Snake plant 655 — 56
Snapdragon 426—33
Snow creeper 880, 883
Snowdrop 44
Snow-in-the-jungle 880
Soap-wort 143
Sorrel 749
Sorrowless tree 333
Southern magnolia 417
Sowbread 858
Spanish cherry 244-45
Spanish flag 282
Spanish guava 499
Spanish woodbine 326
Spathe flower 121
Spicy jatropha 853
Spider flower 119
Spider ivy 444
Spider lily 250-51, 320, 479
Spider plant 119, 444
Sponge gourd 691
Sprenger asparagus 425
Sprengeri 425
Spurred snapdragon 323
Star-cluster 472-75
Starfish flower 798
Starfruit 272
Star-glory 803
Star of Bethlehem 314
Star phlox 263
Stemless carline thistle 365
Stepmother's flower 722—23
Storksbill 654
Strawflower 638
Stringybark 203
Sultana 248
Summer lilac 531
Summer snowflake 314
Summer torch 206
Sunflower 464-67, 635
Sun hemp 703
Sun plant 14
Swallow wort 687 — 88
Swamp lily 250
Swedish myrtle 56
Sweet acacia 453
Sweet Alison 337
Sweet alyssum 337
Sweet basil 142, 208
Sweet marjoram 492
Sweet pea 334-35
Sweet reseda 339
Sweet scabius 22-23
Sweet violet 316
Sweet wattle 453
Sweet William 278
Sword lily 515
T
Tail flower 820
Tampala 406
Tanjong tree 244—45
Tartogo 835
Tassel flower 407, 445-46, 752
Teak 197
Temple tree 664-68
Terrestrial orchid 66-67
Thatch screw pine 657
Thorn 312
Thorn apple 191-94, 312
Thorn straggler 124
Three-seeded mercury 221
Ti 114
Tickweed 249
Toadflax 323
Torch tree 422
Touch-me-not 790
Transvaal daisy 423
Treasure flower 719
Tree cotton 758
Tree jasmine 500
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Tree of sadness 118
Trefoil 845
Tropical almond 644
Tropical crocus 739
Trumpet bush 680
Tubeflower 833
Tuberose 48-49
Tulip 189
Tulip tree 795
Tulsi 140
Turk's cap 16-17
Turk's-turban 833
U
Unicorn plant 213
Usambara violet 737-38
V
Vasevine 419
Vegetable humming-bird 493
Velvet flower 407, 752
Violet slipper gloxinia 186-88, 349
Virgin's bower 419
W
Wallflower 331
Wandering Jew 751
Water hyacinth 894
Water lily 548-56
Water orchid 894
Wax mallow 15
Wax plant 125
West Coast creeper 786
West Indian creeper 243
West Indian holly 676-77
West Indian jasmine 664-68
White-flowered gourd 772
White ixora 811
White lily 306
White popinac 451
White silk-cotton tree 874
Widow's tears 849
Wild ginger 462-63
Wild plantain 864
Wild sage 707
Wild water lemon 322
Windflower 535
Wine grape 6
Winter cherry 859
Winter daffodil 135
Winter squash 854
Wishbone flower 895-97
Woman's tongue tree 459
Wood rose 326
Wooden rose 12, 327
Y
Yellow alder 676-77
Yellow bauhinia 878
Yellowbells 681
Yellow elder 681
Yellow flamboyant 246
Yellow flame 246
Yellow guava 211
Yellow morning glory 326
Yellow oleander 671-72, 689
Yellow paper daisy 638
Yellow poinciana 246
Yellow silk-cotton tree 639
Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow 767
Youth-and-old-age 226—39
Z
Zamang 455
Zanzibar balsam 248
Zedoary 319
Zephyr flower 130 — 34
Zinnia 226-39
Zitherwood 648
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