For centuries, humanity has looked to the natural world to find reflections of the human spirit. We have mapped the stars to understand our destiny, studied the tides to comprehend our emotions, and, perhaps most intimately, looked to the garden to define our character. The practice of floriography—the language of flowers—was once a sophisticated social tool used to communicate secrets that words were too clumsy to carry. Today, while we may no longer use a sprig of dried lavender to signal distrust or a red tulip to declare a formal confession of love, our subconscious attraction to specific blooms remains...
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