The Victorians had a passion for flowers and flower arrangements. They also expressed messages through the “secret language of flowers.” During Victorian times, many flowers or specific arrangements ...

The coded language of floriography meant that Victorians could express affection, desire or disdain, allowing a society governed by strict etiquette to show its true feelings. Now the language of ...

What is Floriography? Floriography is a coded communication where each flower and color holds symbolic meaning. Stemming back thousands of years, the language of flowers reached a pinnacle of ...

These days, the first requirement of editors of medical journals is an ability not to laugh at the circumlocutions that writers now employ. For example, in a recent article in the New England Journal ...

The hardy, beautiful azalea is a mainstay in gardens worldwide. In the language of flowers, they symbolize temperance and prudence. To the Victorians, azaleas represented a warning or message to take ...