Lilies of the hearth : the historical relationship between women & plants

by Jennifer Bennett

Paper Book, 1991

Call number

GR 780 .B46 1993

Publication

Camden East, Ont. : Camden House, 1991.

Description

Harrowsmith gardening editor Jennifer Bennett travels "the sweetly scented, dangerous, romantic path women share with plants" and discovers a world rich in myth, magic, scientific curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit.

Pages

192

Tags

Plants - history

ISBN

0921820275 / 9780921820277

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