Floristry
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Floristry is the production, commerce, and trade in flowers. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design and arrangement, merchandising, production, display and flower delivery. Wholesale f
A Parisian Flower Market by Victor Gabriel Gilbert
A wedding bouquet of cymbidium arranged by a florist
Child learning the art of Ikebana
Flowers have traditionally been sold by street vendors. The practice continues in many cities today.
Language of flowers
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Floriography is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been
Floristry
…is usually a symbol of purity and innocence in countries with a European heritage. Early Victorians, among others, developed an entire, comprehensive language of flowers sometimes referenced in the floral industry today. Due to the meaning and significance of different flowers and the many design possibilities using…
Color lithograph Langage des Fleurs (Language of Flowers) by Alphonse Mucha (1900)
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877)
Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli
Ophelia, 1851–52, John Everett Millais