Floriography
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This illustrated guide surveys the meanings that have been attached to roughly a hundred flowers and herbs, from blooms that signal affection to those that warn of rivalry. Its pages trace how the so-called language of flowers became fashionable in the nineteenth century, when Victorian manners in England and America made open feeling hard to show and people turned to bouquets to send messages instead.
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Each entry pairs a plant with its traditional sense, along with notes on where the plant came from, how it appeared in folklore, and why it might have been chosen for a particular message. The approach is part reference, part art book, with full-color paintings meant to be lingered over on a coffee table. It suits a reader curious about symbolism, old customs of courtship, or simply the stories hidden inside a garden.
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