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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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Oriental Textbook - Chaste Love to Childish Glee
Oriental Textbook - Chaste Love to Childish Glee
Description:
A page of Adams' definitions. Note that he associates white acacia with chaste love while Flora's Dictionary says it signifies elegance.
Attribution:
Adams, H.G.
Date:
1851