| 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names Contributor(s): Wells, Diana (Author), Patterson, Ippy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1616206829 ISBN-13: 9781616206826 Publisher: Algonquin Books OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Flowers - General - Nature | Plants - Flowers |
| Dewey: 582.130 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5" W x 7" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Illustrations by Ippy Patterson. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wells, Diana: - 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. |