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A review by arthurian
Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers by Jessica Roux
5.0
Floriography by Jessica Roux provides the reader with a neat and fascinating compilation of various flowers and their meaning in "the Language of Flowers" during the Victorian era. The illustrations provided for each flower are beautiful and if you don't know the flower in question, it makes you want to look them up.
I really appreciated that there were background information from history or myths for some of the flowers so the reader got a sense of how and why the flowers had these associations.
Also, for each flower, extra two meanings that can be conveyed when used with other flowers are given, so you can admire the subtlety of such a mode of communication.
The use of flowers to convey emotions and thoughts, beyond general appreciation and love might be over, but this book gives you a great opportunity to learn that they used to mean much more in detail.
I specifically recommend this book to everyone interested in Victorian era or flowers. I had so many friends ask me what I was reading even if they had no particular interest in these two though, so don't let that stop you if these two aren't usually your cup of tea!
I really appreciated that there were background information from history or myths for some of the flowers so the reader got a sense of how and why the flowers had these associations.
Also, for each flower, extra two meanings that can be conveyed when used with other flowers are given, so you can admire the subtlety of such a mode of communication.
The use of flowers to convey emotions and thoughts, beyond general appreciation and love might be over, but this book gives you a great opportunity to learn that they used to mean much more in detail.
I specifically recommend this book to everyone interested in Victorian era or flowers. I had so many friends ask me what I was reading even if they had no particular interest in these two though, so don't let that stop you if these two aren't usually your cup of tea!