Kingsbury Noel
Kingsbury Noel - The Story Of Flowers And How They Changed The Way We Live - Hardcover
Kingsbury Noel - The Story Of Flowers And How They Changed The Way We Live - Hardcover
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Description: Throughout history flowers have been an integral part of human survival and culture as food for medicine to express feelings as symbols to commemorate and celebrate and to decorate. Their shapes colors scents and textures have always attracted us as they do animals and insects. Flowers are used as luxury spices (saffron) and as coloring and flavoring agents marigolds fed to chickens make eggs more yellow and lavender was Elizabeth I's favorite flavor of jam. Flowers are full of symbolic meaning: violets represent modesty daises purity and daffodils unrequited love. And they have always played an important role in culture through myths and legends literature and the decorative arts. This delightful new book brings together 100 of the world's flowers to tell their remarkable stories. Each flower is richly illustrated in color and accompanied by facts about each species and what role it has played in our culture and history.
Title: The Story Of Flowers And How They Changed The Way We Live
Author(s): Kingsbury Noel
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Barcode: 9780857829207
Pages: 216 Pages, 100 Colour, 100 Black And White
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Category: Trees, Wildflowers & Plants
Description: Throughout history flowers have been an integral part of human survival and culture as food for medicine to express feelings as symbols to commemorate and celebrate and to decorate. Their shapes colors scents and textures have always attracted us as they do animals and insects. Flowers are used as luxury spices (saffron) and as coloring and flavoring agents marigolds fed to chickens make eggs more yellow and lavender was Elizabeth I's favorite flavor of jam. Flowers are full of symbolic meaning: violets represent modesty daises purity and daffodils unrequited love. And they have always played an important role in culture through myths and legends literature and the decorative arts. This delightful new book brings together 100 of the world's flowers to tell their remarkable stories. Each flower is richly illustrated in color and accompanied by facts about each species and what role it has played in our culture and history.
Title: The Story Of Flowers And How They Changed The Way We Live
Author(s): Kingsbury Noel
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Barcode: 9780857829207
Pages: 216 Pages, 100 Colour, 100 Black And White
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Category: Trees, Wildflowers & Plants
