Floriography & The Hidden Meanings of Flowers
Living in the modern world it can be easy to forget the romance nature can inspire within us. In a simpler world many centuries ago floriography, the language of flowers, was central to communicating our deepest and most passionate thoughts. The invention of this humble language, while often credited to the Victorians, is actually thought to be the invention of the Ottomans and the Persians who first developed this marvelous form of communication in the early 17th Century.