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Written in Petals
The Language of Flowers in Victorian Europe
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Le Langage des Fleurs - Charlotte de La Tour
Flora’s Dictionary - E.W. Wirt
Langage de flore - J.P. Troncin
Floral Emblems - Henry Phillips
Oriental Textbook and Language of Flowers - H.G. Adams
Language of Flowers - Kate Greenaway
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Absence to Adroitness - from 'Oriental Textbook and Language of Flowers'
Absence to Adroitness - from 'Oriental Textbook and Language of Flowers'
Description:
Adams uses poetic allusions to expand upon the simple definitions of floral words - "Bitter as Wormwood to the taste, is absence from the heart."
Attribution:
Adams, H.G.
Date:
1851