Floriography. A Pocket Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers

The language of flowers has been used since the Middle Ages as a secret means of communication. In the Victorian era, chrysanthemums symbolized condolences, a bouquet of daisies and nettles was given to express sympathy to the victim of injustice, and a rejected suitor was sent hemlock with wormwood. This full-color guide to the secret meanings of common and rare flowers and herbs holds encoded messages hidden in various plants that can speak of love and tenderness, sorrow and regret, aversion and hatred.