Shakespeare's Flowers

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Big Earth Publishing, 1969 - 85 pages
Perdita welcomes guests with rosemary and rue for grace and remembrance; Ariel hides in a cowslip's bell. There is magic in the "little western flower" Oberon uses to cast a spell on Titania, and tragedy in Ophelia's garland and Lear's crown of weeds. In the witches' brews and love potions, as symbols of gallantry or faith, as seasoning in homely English kitchens, or as badges for the wars of kings, flowers and herbs were an intimate part of life in Shakespeare's day. Their legends add color and fragrance to his plays and songs. "Shakespeare's Flowers combines fascinating lore and glorious paintings by Anne Ophelia Dowden, to recreate the gardens and meadows of Elizabethan England.
 

Contents

THE FLOWERS ARE SWEET
1
CARNATION GILLYVOR
5
DAISY LADYSMOCK CUCKOOBUD
8
WEEDS
13
COWSLIP
19
PANSY
23
CRAB APPLLE
27
FLOWERDELUC
31
ROSEMARY
53
HAREBELL
57
HERBS
59
THYMY OXLIP WOODBINE MUSKROSE EGLANTINE
62
MARIGOLD
70
DAFFODIL
73
LILY
76
BIBLIOGRAPHY
79

ROSE
35
PRIMROSE
42
VIOLET
45
FENNEL COLUMBINE
49
RUE
50

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