aortography
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In Netflix's YA Sherlock adventure "Enola Holmes," the detective's teen sister uses floriography to trade messages through newspaper ads with her mother, who has gone underground to plan a suffragist rebellion.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2021
"Victorians had all these different meanings using floriography, the language of the flowers," series creator Rachael New said in an interview with Salon.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2021
While people have attached symbolism to flowers throughout the centuries, this specific type of floriography gained popularity in the Victorian era in both England and America.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2021
Of course, it goes without saying that floriography was an upper-class leisure phenomenon: The flower markets, where admirers who didn’t have their own private conservatory purchased their posy’s constituent blooms, often exploited child labor.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020
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