Flora's dial : containing a flower dedicated to each day in the year, and an appropriate poetic sentiment for each flower
Flora's Dial is a flower-language almanac of poetic sentiments, one flower per day of the year, compiled by J. W. Hanson and published in Boston by G.W. Cottrell in 1856 for general readers and gift-givers. Its pictures are a scrolled ornamental tailpiece and a hand-coloured bouquet in a yellow lattice basket framed by gilt vine borders, offering a designer a model for botanical framing and floral palettes.
