01694cam a2200373 4500 547206058 TxAuBib 20120111120000.0 121113s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011034729 9780345532862 0345532864 (OCoLC)730403714 DLC eng DLC BTCTA ILC TxAuBib Kirkby, Mandy. A Victorian flower dictionary : The language of flowers companion / Mandy Kirkby ; with an introduction by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2011. 187 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan"--T.p. verso. Forward / Vanessa Diffenbaugh -- Fifty featured flowers -- The dictionary -- Flowers for specific occasions. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings-- love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom. Kirkby shares the historical literary, and cultural significance of flowers. 20120111. Flower language Dictionaries. Flowers Symbolic aspects Dictionaries. Flowers Folklore Dictionaries. Flowers Dictionaries. Arts, Victorian Miscellanea. Flowers in literature. English poetry 19th century. Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Miscellanea. Diffenbaugh, Vanessa. Language of flowers. TXCKT