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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and Literature

hardcover – August 15, 1999
by Ward, Bobby J.
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ISBN-13: 9780881924695 ISBN-10: 0881924695
Publisher
Timber Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
August 15, 1999
Weight
1.8 lbs
Dimensions
24.10×4.40×15.90 cm

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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and Literature by Ward, Bobby J.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780881924695.

This is a perfect bedside book for the literate gardener and makes a terrific gardeners gift book. It is an entertaining survey of 80 plant genera, with a multitude of references to, and extracts from, myth and literature from Shakespeare to the Victorian language of flowers. Based on prodigious research, it includes much literature that has fallen into undeserved obscurity, as well as selections from the great poets. It is a delightful study of the influence of the worlds flora on humanity, from the mundane to the mystical.