A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and Literature

by Bobby J . Ward (Author), Ann Lovejoy (Foreword), Bobby J . Ward (Author)

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  2009

  $24.97

  Suitable for the literate gardeners, this title presents a 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. It presents a study of the influence of the world's flora on humanity, from the mundane to the mystical.