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