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Flower Dictionary:
The Language of
Flowers Companion
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Mandy Kirkby is an editor and a flower enthusiast. She lives in Cambridge, England. Read more
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. FOREWORD  Flowers do speak a
language, clear and intelligible. Observe them, reader, love them, linger over them and ask your
own heart if they do not speak affection, benevolence and piety. Â In every culture and throughout
time, flowers have been central to the human experience. Whether growing wild or in carefully
tended gardens, blooming in works of art or written into the pages of great literature, flowers have
always surrounded and supported us. They appear in our most significant rituals and traditions all
around the globe: from east to west; from ancient civilization to the present day; when we hope or
pray, love or mourn; we do it with flowers in our hands. Â But why do flowers play such a
significant role in our lives? What mystery do they represent and reveal? And how does our deep
connection to flowers show itself? In every season and in every country, the answers to these
questions are different. Â In the Indian state of Uttarakhand, where the Ganga River drops out of
the Himalayas and into the valley, a ceremony takes place every evening at sunset. While prayers
buzz through a crackling PA system, pilgrims to the holy site of Har Ki Pauri (Steps of the Lord) fill
banana-leaf boats with flowers – roses, orchids, tulsi and marigolds – then place a lit candle
among the petals and float the fragrant bundle down the river with a hope, a prayer or a wish. Â
Across the globe from the Ganga River, in Mexico and through-out Latin America, cempasuchil –
bright orange marigolds – grow. Cempasuchil, the flower the Aztecs used to remember the
deceased, is cultivated in preparation for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Families plant
seeds and tend their gardens, thinking of the loved ones they have lost as they watch the
marigolds sprout, grow and finally blossom. The brilliant orange flowers are believed to help guide
the souls of loved ones home, and for a single day the Mexican people find comfort in having the
spirits of their loved ones with them once again. Â Every spring in Japan, citizens listen to the
weather bureau forecast the Sakura Zensen (the cherry blossom front). At the height of the
blossom, Hanami (flower viewing) festivals take place all across the country, with friends and
family gathering for tea or lunch under the pink canopies. Festivities often go well into the night,
with music and paper lanterns illuminating the trees. While the celebrations are joyful, they are
brief: cherry trees are in full bloom for two weeks at the most. The perfect, delicate flowers have
come to represent the essence of life itself – shockingly beautiful and heartbreakingly fleeting. Â
In France on May Day, there is a similar focus on a single flower: lily of the valley. This delicate

white flower, which grows as a row of