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Available
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Publication
New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1978.
Description
Illustrations and poems by Wordsworth, Shakespeare, and other English poets accompany an alphabetical listing of 700 plants and flowers and their meanings.
User reviews
LibraryThing member vroussel
The only thing about this book that seems child-oriented are the illustrations. This book merely provides an alphabetized list of the meanings behind each flower, and does so twice. There are a few poems dispersed throughout, but they are not easy to understand for younger audiences. I feel like I
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would've loved this book more if each flower was illustrated alongside it's meaning. Kind of disappointing... Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
78 p.; 26 cm
ISBN
003044196X / 9780030441967
Local notes
MFT - Estate of Sarah Ripley. A lovely book of flower language, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901). Inscribed to Sarah RIpley by her friend Jude:"April 24th 1979-Dearest Sarah, Wishing you a very happy birthday--and missing you Love, Jude. Loose pages.Featuring Kate Greenaway's charming drawings of Regency women, children, and flowers. This book gives the Language of Flowers both from the flower to the message, and from the message to the flower, which I have not seen in other books on the subject, and allows reading a bouquet and constructing one.