Symbolic meanings have been attributed to flowers for a long time - in religion, heraldry, painting, literature and in everyday life. In the 19th century, flowers gave lovers the opportunity to open up to each other without violating strict rules of conduct: with their help, messages could be conveyed in the most charming way. This is how a real, carefully developed language gradually emerged - the language of flowers, Lingua Flora. This fascinating book will introduce you to the language of flowers from two points of view: historical and modern. The illustrative basis for the first part was an exquisite collection of 19th-century watercolors - “The Book of Memory”, created by Fanny Robinson, a talented artist and passionate lover of flowers. In the second part, the authors will continue to explore the world of flowers using the work of other artists as an example, showing what influence flowers had on people in the past and what role they play today.