The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry - 1864
7/8/24 (updated 11/29/25)The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry, edited by Lucy Hooper, is a 19th-century book that combines poetry about flowers with botanical knowledge. It includes a botanical introduction, a complete floral dictionary, and a chapter on caring for plants indoors, addressing light, watering, and leaf maintenance. The book features poems by various authors interwoven with prose about different flowers, alongside floral dictionaries that explain the symbolic meanings of flowers and the emotions or thoughts they convey. Lucy Hooper, who had interests in both botany and poetry, prepared this work during her last illness, and it was published posthumously in 1845. The book is notable for its blend of poetic and horticultural insights aimed at readers interested in flowers, gardening, and the cultural symbolism of blooms.​Source: Perplexity.aiCurated by G. Ly
