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The Language of Flowers at Valentine's

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‘Flowers are love's truest language’ Park Benjamin Sr



Floriography, commonly called "the language of flowers", became popular in the Victorian era as a means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, often of a romantic nature! 

 

Whilst the language of flowers started in Constantinople in the 1600s, it was brought to England in 1716 by Lady Mary Wortley Montague, who had spent time in Turkey with her husband. The interest then moved to France where the book "Le Language des Fleurs" was printed with over 800 floral signs. 

 

Today, flowers still speak a thousand words, and what better way to say a thousand words on Valentine’s Day, then by sending flowers?

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