Flora Symbolica

Flora Symbolica

Cover of Flora Symbolica
Author	John Henry Ingram
Original title	Flora Symbolica; or, the Language and Sentiment of Flowers
Publication date	1869

Flora Symbolica or Flora Symbolica; or, the Language and Sentiment of Flowers is a book written by John Henry Ingram and published in London in 1869 during Victorian Era. ^{[1] [2]}

It is the first book published by Ingram, it includes the history of the floriography, an examination of the meaning and symbology of more than one hundred flowers, and it gives anecdotes, floral vocabulary, and sentimental material for each flower. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

To date it has been shown several exhibitons about this topic. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Goldberg, Madeline; Washington, Octavia (19 April 2022). "There's Rue for You: A Guide to Victorian Flower Language". Carleton College . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
2. Anderson, Natasha (15 May 2025). The Reader, the Body, and the Book: Visceral Reading Experiences in the Victorian Novel. Springer Nature. p. 189. ISBN   9783662708514.
3. Bhullar, Dilpreet (15 July 2013). "Art of making photographs of flower blocks by Joe Horner is a meditative journey". Stir World. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
4. Reilly, John E.; Miller, John Carl (1994). John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection at the University of Virginia. University of Virginia Library. p. 15. ISBN   9780813915524.
5. Seaton, Beverly (10 October 2012). The Language of Flowers: A History. University of Virginia Press. p. 83. ISBN   9780813934532.
6. Stepp, Lauren (17 June 2025). "Fray and Glory". Asheville Made. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
7. "Flora Symbolica". Asheville Art Museum . 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

External links

• Flora Symbolica at the Internet Archive.
• Flora Symbolica on Wikimedia.org.
• Flora Symbolica at the Cornell University Library
• Flora Symbolica at the HathiTrust Digital Library