Wild Flowers
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ISBN: 0517705656 / Publisher: Clarkson Potter, March 1996
Wonderfully diverse, wild flowers are a wealth of eye-catching colors, shapes and sizes. With his un...
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Wonderfully diverse, wild flowers are a wealth of eye-catching colors, shapes and sizes. With his unique eye, Snowdon turns his attention to the flowers found in hedges, fields, and meadows. Close-up studies - with each flower posed simply against a white background - offer revealing looks at the beauty of the plants, with shape, color, and personality clearly defined.Snowdon treats each botanical subject with the same care and attention that he devotes to the people he photographs, illustrating and emphasizing the individual forms and capturing on film the shapes that most intrigue him. Charming stories present the flowers' physical characteristics, explore the plant's lore and legend, and provide Latin names and practical horticultural information. One learns, for instance, that the stinging nettle not only refreshed thirst in the form of nettle beer but also was used by Greek maidens to intentionally sting for a Good Friday penance; that the foxglove may get its name from "fairy thimble" (Irish translation) or "folk's glove" (the English derivative); and that bracken is painted as "quite the villian," poisonous and a "thug" in the plant world.With 39 plants, photographs, and stories, this lovely book makes an excellent, beautifully illustrated reference for botanists, nature walkers, and amateur plant lovers alike.
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