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Victorian England

  • Red English daisy says, “I’ll never tell…” Pansy replies, “thinking of you.”
    There's a Fragrance to This Message
    Moya Andrews
    Way back when there were no cell phones, lovers used flowers as coded messages to keep their communications unknown to chaperones.
  • The Dahlia Dell in Golden Gate Park.
    Mexican Transplants
    Moya Andrews
    English Lord Holland wrote a poem about his wife who got dahlia seeds from Madrid (via the New World): “The dahlias you brought to our isle, your praises forever shall speak; mid gardens as sweet as your smile, and color as bright as your cheek."