Friday, August 12, 2011

Say it with flowers: A new book revives the Victorian trend for bestowing meanings on our blooms



We may take our blooms as we see – or smell – them, but the Victorians devoted whole dictionaries to revealing their secret meanings.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/say-it-with-flowers-a-new-book-revives-the-victorian-trend-for-bestowing-meanings-on-our-blooms-2336164.html

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2 comments:

  1. PhilAugust 12, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    Interesting - I have a copy of the Original Language of Flowers that belonged to my grandmother http://digitalbotanicgarden.blogspot.com/2011/03/say-it-with-flowers.html

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  2. HermesAugust 13, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Thank you - great blog you have. I remember Kew when it was 1d.

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