How to Say I Love You in theLanguage of Flowers

This Valentine's Day, don't buy
just any ordinary flower bouquet
from the local supermarket for
your true love. Take the time to
say "I Love You" using the
language of flowers. There isn't a
true woman on earth who
doesn't love flowers. Show the
woman in your life how much
you really care by thoughtfully
choosing flowers that symbolize
your unending devotion.
Known as floriography, the
language of flowers was
extremely popular during the
reign of Queen Victoria. The
Victorian Age was a time of
etiquette and social customs.
Feelings that could not be
expressed in words, could be
expressed through gifts of
flowers.
But the language of flowers
originated long before Queen
Victoria made it popular.
Shakespeare uses a bit of
floriography himself in his
famous play "Hamlet". Ophelia,
insane after the death of her
father, gives out meaningful
flowers to her brother and the
King and Queen in Act IV, Scene
V:
"There's rosemary, that's for
remembrance; pray, love,
remember: and there is
pansies, that's for
thoughts...There's fennel for
you, and columbines: there's
rue for you; and here's
some for me: we may call it
herb-grace o' Sundays: O,
you must wear your rue with
a difference. There's a daisy:
I would give you some
violets, but they withered all
when my father died..."