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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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Sunflower and Myrtle - From: The Language of Flowers. Saunders and Otley, 1834
Sunflower and Myrtle - From: The Language of Flowers. Saunders and Otley, 1834
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Beautiful bouquets could still send a scathing message. The sunflower and myrtle here decry someone's love as "false riches not worth professing."
Attribution:
Saunders and Otley
Date:
1834