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A contemplation upon flowers
garden plants in myth and literature
By Ward, Bobby J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-88192-469-5
- Publisher
- Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1999
Ward, a retired environmental scientist and gardener, has gathered quotations from poems, myths, novels, and plays from ancient Greece to the 19th century to illustrate the literary history of 80 garden plants. He traces the origins of the scientific and common names for each plant and provides its mythological and religious contexts,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
