LanguageOfFlowers.com "Flowers Sentiments" Bibliography Connolly, Shane. The Secret Language of Flowers, New York: Rizzoli International, 2004. Edgarton, Miss S. C. The Flower Vase: Containing The Language of Flowers and Their Poetic Sentiments, Boston: Samual M. Dickinson, 1843. Greenaway, Kate. Language of Flowers, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1864. Hale, Sarah. Flora's Interpreter, and Fortuna Flora, Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Company, 1850. Lehner, Ernst. Folklore and symbolism of flowers, plants and trees, New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1960. Miller, Thomas. The Romance of Nature; or the Poetical Language of Flowers, New York: J.C. Riker, 1860 Powell, Claire. The Meaning of Flowers, Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala Publications, 1979. Seaton, Beverly. The Language of Flowers, a history, Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1995. Note - Five classic flower sentiments vocabularies are included in this reference: Latour, Le langage des fleurs; Delachenaye, Abecedaire de Flore ou langage des fleurs; Shoberl, The Language of Flowers; with illustrative poetry; Phillips, Floral Emblems; Wirt, Flora's Dictionary. Criteria for determining accurate, authentic flower sentiments: 1) Identify the primary sentiment for each flower and often a flower color through at least three resources, using classic period references in combination with the best modern references and 2) Add a second or third sentiment only if it enhances the primary sentiment.