comme la fleur fauchee

Now that Alfred really thought about it, Dick's choice of bouquet was a bit odd. Weren’t lilies generally considered funeral flowers?White chrysanthemums, too, symbolized grief. Death. Endings.The crystal vase slipped from Alfred’s fingers and shattered on the tile floor with an ear-splitting crash.He hardly noticed. His gaze was still fixed on the purple hyacinths clustered around the outside of the bouquet.Their meaning? I’m sorry.Or: Alfred receives a bouquet of flowers from Dick as an early birthday gift. Interpreting their floral language meaning sends him and Bruce into a panic.