Deadly Nightshade--"Pull down those blinds, quick!"

Passion Flower--"Phone Main 1249--ask for Eddie."

Raspberry--"I am announcing my engagement to Charlie O'Keefe
Tuesday."

Wild Thyme--"I have seats for the Hippodrome Saturday afternoon."


The above flowers can also be combined to make different
meanings, as, for example, a bouquet composed of three tuberoses
and some Virginia creeper generally signifies the following, "The
reason I didn't call for you yesterday was that I had three inner
tube punctures, besides a lot of engine trouble in that old car I
bought in Virginia last year. Gosh, I'm sorry!"

But to return to the etiquette of our present courtship. As Miss
Doe leaves the office you follow her, holding the potted plant in
your left hand. After she has gone a few paces you step up to
her, remove your hat (or cap) with your right hand, and offer her
the geranium, remarking, "I beg your pardon, miss, but didn't you
drop this?" A great deal depends upon the manner in which you
offer the plant and the way she receives it. If you hand it to
her with the flower pointing upward it means, "Dare I hope?"
Reversed, it signifies, "Your petticoat shows about an inch, or
an inch and a half." If she receives the plant in her right hand,
it means, "I am"; left hand, "You are"; both hands--"He, she or
it is." If, however, she takes the pot firmly in both hands and