Language of Flowers

Language of Flowers

by Kate Greenaway
Publisher: Dover Publications
Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Price: $6.95

This charming reproduction of a rare volume by famed 19th-century illustrator Kate Greenaway includes an abundantly illustrated list of over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents (tulip = fame; blue violet = faithfulness, etc.). Selection of flower-related verses—including "To a Mountain Daisy" by Robert Burns—appear at the back of the book. 85 full-color illustrations.

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