HISTORIFUL: On Victorian Floral Symbolism

fuckyeahvictorians:

An interesting tidbit:

“The origin of the language of flowers pre-dates Victorian times. It was started in Constantinople in the 1600s, and brought to England in 1716 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. The first flower dictionary was written in 1819 in Paris, by Charlotte de la Tour. A Victorian lady, Miss Corruthers of Inverness, wrote a book on the language of flowers in 1879 and her book became the source for flower symbolism both in England and the United States. 

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