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100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names : Flowers that grow on you (Test)
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by:
Wells, Diana
Szamatulski, Mark
Winner, Lauren F.
Abbie, Salny F
Adkins, Dorcas
Alvarez, Julia
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Publisher:
Algonquin Books
Published: December 13, 2004
ISBN: 1565121384
Format:Hardcover
Pages:553
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Book Description
From Library Journal
The title of this book is somewhat misleading, as Wells (contributing editor of the gardening magazine Greenprints) does not focus strictly on the simple derivation of plant names. (Another recent book on plant names, Martha
Barnette's A Garden of Words, Times Bks., 1992, provides much more etymological detail.) Wells instead describes the mythology and history behind 100 favorite garden plants, emphasizing the exploits of botanists and plant explorers who brought them out
of their native habitats. Their exploits make for engrossing reading, though it is sobering to learn how many of them suffered from disease and assault, lost their hard-earned collections, or were killed outright just trying to bring back plants for our
gardens. Not an essential purchase but definitely worth a place in most horticultural or botanical collections.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
Illustrations by
Ippy Patterson. From Baby Blue Eyes to Silver Bells, from Abelia to Zinnia, every flower tells a story. Gardening writer Diana Wells knows them all. Here she presents one hundred well-known garden favorites and the not-so-well-known stories behind their
names. Not for gardeners only, this is a book for anyone interested not just in the blossoms, but in the roots, too.
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