A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and Literature

by Bobby J. Ward

This is a perfect bedside book for the literate gardener and makes a terrific gardener's 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 world's flora on humanity, from the mundane to the mystical.

This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening, Mythology

447 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1999

Reviews

[Fenixbird SandS · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plant and floral poetry, story-telling, myths and legends sorted flower by flower..

[Iskra Profil nije aktivan u ovo vreme. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ocenjujem pesmu, ne ovo – Henri King

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A literary walk through Literature's reverence for the Botanical.