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A review by thepessimisticreader
The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History - Pocket Edition by S. Theresa Dietz
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the digital galley in exchange for my honest review.
Beautiful, easily identifiable illustrations. Absolutely chockfull of all sorts of plant-related information, and includes more plants than I have ever seen in my life.
I really enjoyed how plant folklore is perfectly blended with facts and the Victorian Language of Flowers.
If you’re going to make this dictionary really work for you, a google search for the scientific name of your favourite flower is going to be required. There are simply so many common names for any given plant, it must be organized by scientific name.
Reading about the old uses, both practical and fanciful, of plants fosters a connectedness with the world around you, and on your next trek through nature, perhaps you may identify some of these blooms.
I would have liked to see sections about plant toxicity, and maybe even a section about what is safe to grow around household pets.
Beautiful, easily identifiable illustrations. Absolutely chockfull of all sorts of plant-related information, and includes more plants than I have ever seen in my life.
I really enjoyed how plant folklore is perfectly blended with facts and the Victorian Language of Flowers.
If you’re going to make this dictionary really work for you, a google search for the scientific name of your favourite flower is going to be required. There are simply so many common names for any given plant, it must be organized by scientific name.
Reading about the old uses, both practical and fanciful, of plants fosters a connectedness with the world around you, and on your next trek through nature, perhaps you may identify some of these blooms.
I would have liked to see sections about plant toxicity, and maybe even a section about what is safe to grow around household pets.