100 flowers and how they got their names

by Diana Wells

Paper Book, 1997

Call number

QK 13 .W46 1997

Publication

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.

Description

Illustrations by Ippy Patterson. From Baby Blue Eyes to Silver Bells, from Abelia to Zinnia, every flower tells a story. Gardening writer 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, this is a book for anyone interested not just in the blossoms, but in the roots, too.

Pages

288

Tags

Flowers

ISBN

1565121384 / 9781565121386

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