Learn the charming language of flowers stemming from the Victorian Age and how secret messages were communicated in a bouquet. Lovers shared a clandestine code - each word represented by a flower. The bride's bouquet can represent the qualities of the couple and their hopes for the future.

click images to see enlarged detail ANEMONE: Protective Love ASTER: Daintiness; Patience BLUE HYACINTH: Constancy CALLA LILY: Magnificent Beauty; Elegance; Ardor DAFFODIL: Sweet Disposition; Chivalry; Joy DAHLIA: Elegance; Dignity; Forever Yours DAISY: Innocence & Simplicity; Faith & Cheer DELPHINIUM: Heavenly; Light FREESIA: Innocence GARDENIA: Joy; Secret Love GODETIA: Revealing HEATHER: Passion; Luck HYDRANGEA: Devotion IRIS: "I Have A Message" IVY: Fidelity In Marriage; Wedded Love LILY OF THE VALLEY: Sweetness; Purity ORCHID: Ecstacy; Rare Beauty PEONY: Bashful PURPLE LILAC: First Emotions Of Love QUEEN ANNE'S LACE: Virtue RANUNCULUS: Richly Attractive; Radiant With Charm ROSE: Love PINK ROSE: Perfect Happiness WHITE ROSE: Girlhood Innocence BRIDAL WHITE ROSE: Happy Love WHITE ROSE BUD: Worthiness; Purity SUNFLOWER: Adoration STEPHANOTIS: Married Bliss; A Distant Journey SWEETPEA: Delicate; Blissful; Lasting Pleasures TULIP: Declaration Of Love; Perfect Love