This was sent to another list I belonged to a few months ago- it's a list of trees & and what they symbolize when left at graveside. *********************************************** TREES AND PLANTS Almond-favor from God; Virgin birth Apple-sin; Eve Bellflower-gratitude Bouquets-condolences, grief Buds-renewal of life Cedar-strong faith; length of days; success Cypress-sorrow; death; eternal life, Roman symbol for mourning Easter lily-modern flower symbolic of resurrection Evergreens-immortality Flower-brevity of earthly existence, sorrow; certain flowers may symbolize emotions, particular aspirations, attitudes, both religious and secular Flower, broken-premature death Fruit-eternal plenty Fruit and vine-Jesus Christ; the Christian church Gourds-the coming to be and passing away of all earthly matters Ivy-abiding memory, friendship, fidelity Laurel-victory, triumph, glory Lily, lilies-resurrection, purity Lotus-Egyptian water lily and ornament Oak-supernatural power and strength; eternity Olive-peace; healing faith Palm-spiritual victory over death; martyrdom; reward of the righteous; peace; a plant whose leaves resemble a hand Pineapple-hospitality Pomegranate-immortality; resurrection; unity; nourishment of the soul Poppy-symbolic of sleep, therefore, death Roses-condolonce, sorrow; the brevity of earthly existence; of English descent--the Tudor rose Sheaves of wheat-time, the divine harvest Strawberry-righteousness; humility Thistle-of Scottish descent; the inevitability of death, remembrance Tree-faith; life; the Tree of Life Tree, felled-mortality Tree trunk, broken-premature death Vine-Christian church; Christ; wine, the symbolic blood of Jesus; the sacraments Wheat sheaves-the divine harvest Willow, weeping-grief; death (carried at Masonic funerals); earthly sorrow, the symbolic tree of human sadness, Nature's lament Wreath-victory in death, indestructible crown worn by triumphant Christian; eternity Wreath worn by skull-victory of death over life Yew-immortality ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== !^NavFont02F06F70007NGHHMF8560C