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    100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names

    By Diana Wells and Ippy Patterson

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    The gardening writer and author of Lives of the Trees explores the fascinating stories behind the names of one hundred flowers in this beautifully illustrated book.

    Since the Garden of Eden, people have found pleasure and purpose in giving names to plant life. And our relationship to flowers, as food, medicine, magic, adornment, and decoration, goes back long before recorded history.

    From Baby Blue Eyes to Silver Bell, 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.

    With illustrations by Ippy Patterson.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 2, 1997
    ISBN9781565126855
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    100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names
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    Diana Wells

    Diana Wells is the author of 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names and 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, has written for Friends Journal, and is contributing editor of the journal Greenprints. Born in Jerusalem, she has lived in England and Italy and holds an honors degree in history from Oxford University. She now lives with her husband on a farm in Pennsylvania.

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    • 4/5
      This delightful little book tells the historical and scientific stories of 100 flowers from abelia to zinnia. You learn that african violets were sent to Europe in 1892 whereas begonias did not become an important garden flower until the nineteenth century. Chrysanthemums symbolized a scholar in retirement and were considered a "noble plant." The short stories tell of the struggles of the botanists, herbalists and rulers that saved, propagated and found new homes for many of the flowers we know today. There is only a simple drawing of each flower but the information is full of words that paint the stories in full color. A small gem of a book.
    • 5/5
      This book is so interesting to me and has been since I was a child. My grandmother had this book and I used to flip through it a lot (especially as a teen) when my dad and I would go over to her house once a week for dinner, conversation etc. I am now in my late 30s and i lost my grandma last summer (2021) at the age of 93. When my family was clearing out her home to sell, I wasn't able to take much as I live 800 miles away from my hometown but I did take this little book and it always calms me and brings me a sense of joy when I read through it.
    • 5/5
      100 Flowers and How They Got Their Namesby Diana WellsThis is laid out well with the name and drawing (which is so good yet simple I used to practice drawing the flowers from here), and lots of information about the flower besides where it got it's name. 100 flowers! I enjoyed the book! Got this from the library.