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The Language and Sentiment of Flowers

James McCabe

出版	Applewood Books, 2003
主題	Nature / Plants / FlowersReligion / HistorySocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN	15570938499781557093844
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YuQuPQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This colorful Victorian book evokes an age gone by, before the days of email and overnight shipping--when communication between people was a very special occasion, made more difficult by time and space. To Victorian letter-writers of the West a new, exotic and secret language came from the East-communicating through flowers. The language of flowers became so refined in the nineteenth century that this dictionary was necessary. Using this source, one could send a message of reproach, passion, friendship, quarrel or a myriad of other sentiments singly and combined via a simple bouquet without ever penning a single word.