| It was during the Victorian era that flowers began to have their own language. In 1829, a woman named Victoria Wirt created and wrote a dictionary that contained the meanings of flowers. This enabled the men in those days to express their affection to the women they loved through the language of flowers.
This language of flowers extended to the bridal bouquet. Brides have carried wedding bouquets even before Victoria Wirt came up with flower meanings. In Queen Victoria?s wedding in 1849, white flowers - particularly roses and lilies - became popular flowers for wedding bouquets. They symbolized purity, joy and love. Calla lilies, when bunched together, create a strikingly dramatic effect.
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