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A Victorian Flower Dictionary: The Language Of Flowers Companion (2011)

by Mandy Kirkby(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0345532864 (ISBN13: 9780345532861)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: In Victorian times people enjoyed using the hidden meaning of flowers to convey messages. it was more a fun past time of elite women. However with this being said... flowers have always been a part of everyone's life through the centuries. In every culture they are used to recognize- love/ happiness/ sickness/ death/ etc. Fot instance- when I was in India we took a boat down the Ganges and witnessed the cremations. At every single site there were piles of marigolds. Becaue they are symbolic of grief. In china and Thailand as well as India I often saw lotuses within the Buddhist temples- again: meaning purity. No matter where I went as well as my very own neighborhood flowers play a role. One of my favorites- the iris is symbolic of a message. My mother alway... mores dug up her iris bulbs everytime we moved and planted them at the new house as a message that we now lived there and this was home. I, too, do it now.... the irises are poking through the soil as I type this.Now, I create crocheted comfort quilts and often times I include a flower with a symbolic meaning to the preson I am offering the comfort to. This is why I purchased this book. A Victorian Flower Dictionary is a resource book as well as a gem to me.
review 2: I picked up a copy of this at a delightful book signing/reading/Q & A event with Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers. The individuals putting on the event were selling copies of this along with Vanessa's book and she happily signed each one with little flower messages.Honestly, I bought it just to have something for her to sign. I didn't expect to read it, intending more to have a pretty book to sit on the shelf in the kitchen. But the book is surprisingly adorable.The messages are sweet with well-documented history to explain each meaning, along with either a piece of art which showcases the flower's meaning, or a piece of poetry. The illustrations of the flowers are hand drawn and lovely. And should you want ideas to create bouquets for certain emotions or events, the book provides that too.It's still going up on a shelf in the kitchen to look pretty. But I'm glad I actually took the time to read it as well. less

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