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Birthstone: Garnet
Flower Name: Snow Drop - Carnation
Snow Drop - Hope and Consolation, Let us wait for better days, Emblem of Early Spring, Dedicated to the Virgin Mary
Carnation - Pure and Ardent Love, Good luck gift to a woman (Latin for flesh).
Chinese Flowers - Plum Blossom - Beauty, Longevity, symbolic of water. Winter's flower because unlike most other flowers, the Plum Blossom is most beautiful and fragrant on cold winter days. The flowers appear on the leafless and apparently lifeless branches of the plum tree until it reaches an extremely old age. Represents purity and honesty.
Japanese Flower - Pine, Eternity, Hope; Pity

March

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Birthstone: Aquamarine or Bloodstone
Flower Name: Violet - Daffodil, Jonquil
Violet, Watchfulness; Faithfulness; I'll Always Be True Tears of IO in the form of a cow symbol of Napoleon, postcards were made and distributed in France after Napoleon's abdication which outlined portraits of him, saying Violet the little flower that returns in the spring. Our Lady's Modesty - the "modest" manner in which the rich blue blooms nestle among the leaves.
Daffodil-Love Me, Sympathy, Desire For Affection Returned
Chinese Flower - Tree Peony - love and affection
Japanese Flower - Cherry are thought to reflect the Japanese aesthetic principles of simplicity and purity,