In The Flowers Personified (Les Fleurs Animées, 1847), a garden blooms with far more than petals and leaves. This illustrated work combines the imaginative drawings of J. J. Grandville and the playful text of Taxile Delord. Flowers take on human form with personalities, moods, and moral inclinations. What begins as a charming floral fantasy unfolds into a subtle critique of 19th-century ideals around femininity, beauty, and social behaviour.