In the Victorian era, there were many restrictions when it came to social interaction. The language of flowers provided a more subtle and polite way to express how you truly feel.

Sorry if I sound a little off in this one, I'm just getting over being sick.

If you're interested in reading a floriography book from the 1800s you can find one here: https://archive.org/details/languageo...

Sources:

https://www.almanac.com/flowermeanin...

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...

https://www.1800flowers.com/blog/flow...

https://victorianera.org/victorianf...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...

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