La Langue Des Fleurs
“It appears at first that the symbolic meaning of flowers is not necessarily derived from their function. It is evident in fact, that if one expresses love with the aid of a flower, it is the corolla rather than the useful organs that becomes the signs of desire”. - George Bataille
The use of flowers as tokens of love, friendship, and sympathy is as wide spread as ever, but the meanings ascribed to individual flowers (such as in Victorian times when the language was spoken fluently) have been largely forgotten today.