"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan"--Title page verso.
Contents
Fifty Featured Flowers -- The Dictionary -- Flowers for Specific Occasions.
Summary
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.