Language of flowers
Cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers
Language of flowers
Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century. In the 14th century, the Turkish tradition sélam had an influence on the language of flowers. Sélam, better known throughout Europe as Turkish love letters , consisted of using a mixture of different objects such as flowers, locks of hair, and pearls which could be wrapped in a handkerchief to create a poetic hidden message....
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