Victorian Posy

My wife is taking a course to expand her floristry skills, and this is one of her latest creations. It is a Victorian Posy or "tussy mussy".

In the Victorian era, a tussy mussy, the silver cornet flower holder was a popular gift to a lady from her suitor, and typically incorporated the language of flowers to convey the feelings which couldn't be expressed with chaperones around.
The flowers were formed in tightly packed concentric circles and the choice of the order of the flowers signified their part in the story.
Here the alstromeira signify the sender has offered devotion and friendship, but this, perhaps, has been met with disdain represented by the dianthus 'eilat', because of the yellow rose of infidelity and betrayal, alternatively friendship - misunderstandings ensued.

I have now downloaded the photographs from my trip to Iceland last week and I have started to work through them. I have back blipped a photograph from the first day in Reykjavik, which can be seen here.