Wild Arum: The Secret Life of Lords and Ladies. Concise Edition. Concise Edition Contributor(s): Swift, Lynden (Author) |
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ISBN: 0957582951 ISBN-13: 9780957582958 Publisher: Green Yaffle Press OUR PRICE: $17.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | Natural History |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.84 lbs) 234 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Wild Arum. The most mysterious, stylish and sexual plant that you will ever meet. Known as Cuckoo Pint, Stallions and Mares and Dog's Dibble, amongst a host of other local names, Arum Maculatum has always stirred our imaginations. The unmistakable sexual suggestiveness carried in its curves has led to it being universally considered a powerful aphrodisiac. Reflecting this bawdy sexuality the plant has inspired over 150 common names in English alone: more than any other British plant. To know the Wild Arum is to steep one's self in the history of our ongoing relationship with plants and to delve into the very roots of herbalism and botany. It is to go on a journey which begins in ancient Greece with the earliest herbal manuscripts ever written and a single book which was in continual use for over 1500 years. It ends with the latest research into the genetic evolution of plants. It is to step into the intimate relationship between powerful plants and our own evolution, taking in along the way the first herbal guides, much myth and folklore, Elizabethan high fashion, rampant plagiarism and hibernating bears. It's quite a story. |