- 1983 edition. 432 pages.
- Publisher. Jonathan Ball
- Hardcover. D/j. Large. Illustrated. Index
- Condition Very good. Some wear on the d/j
Interweaving anecdote, classical legend and myth, biblical allusion, the findings of botanists and horticultturalists and the observations of such 'literary' gardeners as Vita Sackville-West and Hazlitt., Lucas reveals the background sttories of many of our garden flowers.
The material is at all times informative; it includes detail concerning the origins and subsequent discoveries in plant breeding and hybridization in some thirty-eight of our more popular garden flowers. The beautifully painted illustrations and the storries associated with these flowers make this book a treasure.
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