Victorian Floral Headdresses for 19th-Century Women Scientists?

Oh am I into headdresses for 19th-century lady naturalists! The Internet isn't just for porn! It's also a rabbit hole for midcentury fashion and Victorian headdresses for early women in science like Ada Lovelace, "regarded as the first computer programmer," (above, ca 1840).

[Ribbons and curls, flowers and pearls.]  "Queen Victorian loved flowers and popularized flowery headpieces by wearing romantic floral hair wreathes, like the [orange blossom tiara] she wore to hear wedding."

Phillip: Your forehead smells like heaven.
Victoria: Thank you, dear.

Put the entire fall season on your head. Then add... strawberries!
[Make your own mid-19th century headdress.]
[Baltimore Fairy Faire.]

The woman in Phillip Hoyoll's Portrait of An Unknown Woman (below) whose look I adore and believe I wear every day trying to help my kids with math homework, is not amused.

Stop it with your fripperies.
White lace Princess Leia earmuffs
that you tie around your chin
are the only embellishment a lady really needs. 

But floral falls of pearls and fringe, caps of lace and velvet, and crowns of flowers abounded in mid-century history of fashion.

Every embellishment, I said, every.
And figure out a way to add pineapple and a pheasant.

Women in Victorian science, 19th-century lady naturalists like mycologist Mary Elizabeth Banning who were working in the field doing field work must have felt like:

Really? 

Photo credits:

Mary Simpson, Philipp Hoyoll, Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_dress_of_Queen_Victoria
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, Philipp Hoyoll, Wigan Arts and Heritage Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
The Bonnet, Mary Cassatt courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston