Decoding Love: The Language of Flowers

Those poor besotted Victorians. Trapped within the confines of proper etiquette, the young and marriageable upper class couldnt flirt, couldnt question, couldnt even communicate with a member of the opposite sex. At least, not without a chaperone present.

Dating, as we know it today, was most certainly off limits. If a young lady wanted to prevent herself from being the subject of talk and avoid the subsequent social banishment (and potential scandal) that followed, she had to adhere to the...