Plants - Flowers, Gardening Folklore, Myth & Symbolism, Literature Anthologies - General & Miscellaneous, Folklore & Mythology - By Subject, Flower Gardening - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
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.
Synopsis
An entertaining survey of 80 plant genera, with a multitude of references to, and extracts from, myth and literature throughout the ages. This delightful book will inspire you to look at your own garden in a new light, based on what William Blake or the ancient Romans said about them.
Barbara Blossom Ashmun - Fine Gardening
"Whimsical, scholarly, informative, and entertaining."—Barbara Blossom Ashmun, Fine Gardening, November/December 2000
Editorials
Country Living Gardener
"Luscious trivia, and a great deal more, can be found in Bobby J. Ward's A Contemplation Upon Flowers."—Country Living Gardener, March/April 2000Fine Gardening
"Whimsical, scholarly, informative, and entertaining."—Barbara Blossom Ashmun, Fine Gardening, November/December 2000— Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Pacific Horticulture
"A Contemplation Upon Flowers is an exceptional read, full of enticing, well researched, beautifully crafted words that bring to life many of the plants we already grow in our gardens. As a lecturer and plantsman, I found myself unable to put it down – each page revealing a multi-dimensional, highly entertaining, 'take' on the plants we as horticulturists have already come to appreciate. I will find Bobby Ward's work eminently useful in my writing, lecturing and for simply embracing more exuberantly the historical interaction between the plants I grow and the human condition. A requisite adjunct to any botanical or horticultural reference book currently available!"—Dan Hinkley, Pacific Horticulture, Fall 1999— Dan Hinkley
Book Details
Published
August 1, 2009
Publisher
Timber Press, Incorporated
Pages
448
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780881927276