100 flowers and how they got their names
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1997 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C, North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
64,250 words, Guess
Page Count
257 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL984530M
- ISBN-101565121384
- OCLC Control Number34958660
- OCLC Control Number100flowershowthe00well_0
- Library of Congress Control Number96022296
and 2 more
- LibraryThing176034
- Goodreads783840
Classifications
- DDC582.13/014
- LCCQK13 .W46 1997
Alternate Titles
- One hundred flowers and how they got their names
Description
From baby blue eyes to silver bells, from abelia to zinnia, every flower tells a story. Gardening writer and historian 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, these flower stories tell of human striving - stories of ambitious explorers, clever hucksters, arbitrary monarchs, and patient scientists. To compile 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, Diana Wells delved deep into horticultural history, etymology, and lore to uncover myths, legends, folk beliefs, and stories of the intrepid botanists who searched the world's far corners for new and unusual flowers.
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