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Inspired by the Victorian-era language of flowers, this new language of flowers dictionary is a compilation of many historical references on the language of flowers, with additional modern meanings for newly hybridized flowers. It is a comprehensive excerpt taken from
The Posy Book - Garden Inspired Bouquets That Tell a Story.

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    Berzelia

    lanuginosa, syn. Common Button Bush


    Bindweed

    Convolvulus


    Bindweed, tricolor

    Dwarf Morning Glory (Convolvulus minor)


    Birdsfoot Trefoil

    Bacon and Eggs Flower


    Bishops Flower

    Queen Ann’s Lace (Ammimajus)


    Bittersweet

    Nightshade


    Black Bryont

    Lady’s Seal


    Blackcurrant

    (Ribesaureum) **


    Blackthorn

    Sloe


    Bleeding Heart

    (Dicentra)


    Blue Chalk Sticks

    String of Pearls, String of Bananas and (Senecio succulent species)


    Bluebeard

    (Caryopteris)**


    Bluets

    Quaker Ladies


    Bonus Henricus

    Poor man’s Asparagus, Good-King-Henry


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