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The Language of Flowers

By  Katy Beinart 2009

Katy Beinart

Dimensions
17cm x 10.5cm x 1cm (books) 14.5cm x 10cm x 10cm (box)

A mixed-media work consisting of a collection of Mills and Boon novels with flowers or plants in the title, and an index card box containing typed cards. The cards refer to flowers mentioned in the text of the books and give the meanings of the flowers as defined in the Victorian 'language of flowers'.

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