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Inspired by the Victorian-era language of flowers, this new language of flowers dictionary is a compilation of many historical references on the language of flowers, with additional modern meanings for newly hybridized flowers.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


Betony


Bilberry


Bindweed, tricolor

Dwarf Morning Glory (Convolvulus minor)


Birdsfoot Trefoil

Bacon and Eggs Flower


Bishops Flower

Queen Ann’s Lace (Ammimajus)


Bittersweet


Bittersweet

Nightshade


Black Bryont

Lady’s Seal


Black Poplar


Blackcurrant

(Ribesaureum) **


Bleeding Heart, white-color

(Dicentra) 


Blue Chalk Sticks

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


Bluebeard

(Caryopteris)**


Blueberry, foliage


Bluets

Quaker Ladies


Bonsai Topiary


Bonus Henricus

Poor man’s Asparagus, Good-King-Henry


Bouvardia


Bramble