num_pages: 96
description: This colorful Victorian book evokes an age gone by, before the days of email and overnight shipping--when communication between people was a very special occasion, made more difficult by time and space. To Victorian letter-writers of the West a new, exotic and secret language came from the East-communicating through flowers. The language of flowers became so refined in the nineteenth century that this dictionary was necessary. Using this source, one could send a message of reproach, passion, friendship, quarrel or a myriad of other sentiments singly and combined via a simple bouquet without ever penning a single word.
language: English
title: The Language and Sentiment of Flowers
titlecomplete: The Language and Sentiment of Flowers (Applewood Books)
genres: Nonfiction, Plants
ratings_count: 62
publisher: Applewood Books