Download or read book Victorian Nosegays written by Pamela Westland and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1991-01-22 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian love of flowers and plants found its prettiest expression in the posy, or nosegay. Elegant journals of the day showed designs and colour schemes of posies to suit all manner of special occasions, and it was the custom for ladies to take one to their hostess when they went out to tea. The most popular design, now considered a classic of the late nineteenth century, was a round posy composed of concentric rings of flowers and leaves arranged around a central flower, usually a rosebud.