Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers: With an Outline of Botany and a Poetical Introduction...

by Catharine H. Waterman

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

284 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jane]

Sending secret messages with flowers was a popular Victorian pastime, as this elegant volume demonstrates. Hand your true love a posy of camellia and scarlet ipomoea and you're saying "I attach myself to you" and "my fate is in your hands."
I think this flowery form of crypto-communication needs a major update. I'd like to expand the form to include those diffcult-to-deliver social cues with which we all need help. Here are a few possible suggestions. When I present you with a a small euphorbia, here's what I'm saying: "your pants are unzipped." A spray of ivy? "You've got spinach stuck on your teeth." Mint? "Phew! Bad breath." A leaf of skunk cabbage? "Beware, I fart in elevators." Don't you think a book like this would sell like hotcakes?