The Secret Language of Flowers
The Secret Language of Flowers

Author: Minerva Pendleton

Publisher: eXtasy Books

Published:

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1487434510

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Comhghall Harrington is a bookseller who is infatuated with his regular customer, Lady Laure Charmante. Due to their radically different social stations as well as Laure’s marital status, Comhghall and Laure can never, ever be together. However, Lady Laure Charmante is no stranger to razing decorum or soliciting vice. Her passions for Comhghall run deep, and she very much wants to pursue a physical and intellectual relationship with him at all costs. To this end, she purchases a series of texts from him regarding floriography, the secret language of flowers, in an attempt to seduce him. However, when a plague strikes the land, the two of them are separated and must communicate through writen and floral messages only. Lady Laure Charmante opens herself to him completely, admitting a deep longing for him by way of a floral bouquet. When he responds in kind, she invites him to her annual Halloween salon, hoping to make good on her proposal. When he responds in the affirmative, she is thrilled, but however will she get the poor man from Hibernia to drop his guard and his social pretenses and give into the lust that she knows he feels for her?

The Secret Language of Flowers
The Secret Language of Flowers

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-01-10

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 0744082900

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Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe. Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance – “saying it with flowers” is truly part of the human experience. But how does the significance of flowers vary across cultures and at different points in history? And what makes certain flowers special? The Secret Language of Flowers explores the meaning of more than 85 flowers, tracing their history as symbols and charting their role in folklore and mythology around the world. This fascinating book on flowers can help you to: - Unlock the meaning of flowers throughout history – from early peoples to the 19th century. - Discover the Victorian language of flowers popular in the US, UK, and Europe. - Gain insight into folklore and mythology in relation to different flowers. - Uncover what flowers mean in various cultures around the world. - Uncover traditional medicinal uses of plants, such as aloe, which is used to treat burns. Uncover the rich and fascinating histories of individual flowers – the sunflower, for example, which was regarded by the Aztecs as a symbol of war, but became a symbol of devotion in 19th-century painting due to the fact that it “turns its head” to follow the sun. Learn about the function of flowers in society, from the practical to the playful – flowers have been used as remedies and tonics – tea tree and coneflower (or echinacea), for example – as well as as a means of sending cryptic messages to lovers and friends. The Secret Language of Flowers is an entertaining guide to the rich stories that lie beyond the seductive aromas and dazzling beauty of flowers of all kinds. Each flower featured throughout the book is arranged by season, from the first snowdrops and primroses of spring, the glorious roses of summer, the stunning fuchsias and dahlias of autumn to the holly and poinsettia of the winter months, there’s a flower for everyone to fall in love with. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery: So why stop there? If you like The Secret Language of Flowers, then why not try Great Loves which celebrates some of the most famous romances in history, or Lost Masterpieces to discover extraordinary stories behind the world's missing works of art.

The Secret Language of Flowers
The Secret Language of Flowers

Author: Shane Connolly

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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Details over fifty arrangements for every situation or to express any emotion.

The Complete Language of Flowers
The Complete Language of Flowers

Author: S. Theresa Dietz

Publisher: Wellfleet Press

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1577151909

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The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive dictionary for over 1,001 flower species. Along with a visual depiction, each entry provides the flower's name, characteristics, and historic meanings from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry. For centuries, symbolic flower meanings have fascinated readers, writers, poets, and suddenly smitten couples alike. Extremely popular during the Victorian era, these floriographies flourished and versed the public on the hidden meaning of popular flowers like peonies (bashfulness) and tulips (passion).Coupled with stunning full-color illustrations, this beautiful reference is a must-have for gardeners, florists, and flower enthusiasts. Whether you're looking to arrange the perfectly bespoken wedding bouquet or to understand what the yellow rose you just received from an admirer means (friendship), this updated floriography is a visual delight.

The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers

Author: Beverly Seaton

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2012-10-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780813934532

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The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of the book is a depiction of what the three most important flower books from each of the countries divulge about the period and the respective cultures. Seaton shows that the language of flowers was not a single and universally understood correlation of flowers to meanings that men and women used to communicate in matters of love and romance. The language differs from book to book, country to country. To place the language of flowers in social and literary perspective, the author examines the nineteenth-century uses of flowers in everyday life and in ceremonies and rituals and provides a brief history of floral symbolism. She also discusses the sentimental flower book, a genre especially intended for female readers. Two especially valuable features of the book are its table of correlations of flowers and their meanings from different sourcebooks and its complete bibliography of language of flower titles. This book will appeal not only to scholars in Victorian studies and women's studies but also to art historians, book collectors, museum curators, historians of horticulture, and anyone interested in nineteenth-century popular culture.

The Secret Language of Love
The Secret Language of Love

Author: Megan Tresidder

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780811841511

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"The Secret Language of Love" is an evocative, richly illustrated glimpse into the mysterious phenomenon called love. Excerpts from love poetry and literature illuminate the enigma of romance, heartbreak, and physical attraction. 200 illustrations.

The Language of Flowers Dictionary
The Language of Flowers Dictionary

Author: Priscila Sosa Cruz

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 1503579085

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Inspired from the language of flowers from the Victorian era, the Language of Flowers Dictionary gives a brief blast from the past and a full list of flower meanings ranging from A to Z. The list contains meanings that are commonly found with the flower, but remember, no meaning is definite.

White Roses on the Floor of Heaven
White Roses on the Floor of Heaven

Author: Susanna Morrill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-05-11

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1135513716

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First published in 2006. This volume marks the tenth volume in its series: Religion in History, Society and Culture. This series is designed to bring exciting new work by young scholars on religion to a wider audience. Susanna Morrill offers here a fine and sensitive reading of the little known, and often simply caricatured, history of the religious lives of Mormon women at the turn of the twentieth century. She reads the extensive use of flower imagery in poetry and other writing by these women as a species of lay theologizing—a way that LDS women elaborated and celebrated the latent female symbolism within a still young and incomplete religious system.

A Dictionary of Flowers and Gems
A Dictionary of Flowers and Gems

Author: Skye Kingsbury

Publisher: Bill Peschel (pub-9236556122599907)

Published:

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13:

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A Dictionary of Flowers and Gems (Say What You Mean—Even Say It Mean—the Victorian Way)

Spirituality of Flowers
Spirituality of Flowers

Author: Brid Kennedy

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-10-24

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13:

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As a child, Bríd Kennedy was fascinated with the beautiful scents, colors, and shapes of flowers. They stirred something deep within that she could not name. The mystery and beauty of flowers sparked her curiosity to develop her research question: Is flower appreciation a participation in a Divine-human transformation process, and if so, how is it being expressed? Through a practice of authentic interiority striving towards beauty, intelligibility, truth, goodness, and love, the author now realizes how interdependent humans are with all creation. Flowers are an essential part of creation bringing in wisdom and healing. Appreciating them is a participation in a Divine-human transformation process expressed through our acknowledgement of the scent, color, shape, and any changes in these through deeply knowing that something sacred is within them. Taking precious moments to stand and smell flowers enriches the soul as it reminds people of who they are as humans and to care for Mother Earth. Drawing on science, spirituality studies, psycho-spiritual perspectives, and historical and cultural literature awakened Kennedy’s appreciation of “beauty within.” Flowers are evidence of the purpose in the universe. Consider and contemplate them in depth, as this book invites and initiates. The well-being of one’s body is not possible without the well-being of the planet.