A Victorian flower dictionary : The language of flowers companion / Mandy Kirkby ; with an introduction by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.

Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings-- love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom. Kirkby shares the historical literary, and cultural significance of flowers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kirkby, Mandy
Other Authors:	Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Ballantine Books, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Flower language > Dictionaries. Flowers > Symbolic aspects > Dictionaries. Flowers > Folklore > Dictionaries. Flowers > Dictionaries. Arts, Victorian > Miscellanea. Flowers in literature. English poetry > 19th century. Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Miscellanea.
Genre:	Dictionaries. Folklore Miscellanea.
Physical Description:	187 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Format:	Book

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