GREEN MAGIC: FLOWERS, PLANTS & HERBS IN LORE & LEGEND
Written by Lesley Gordon
Published by Ebury Press
in 1977
ISBN: 0852231172
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- HERBS
- LEGENDS
- ASTROLOGY
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Front cover
Contents
- FOREWORD
- I FLOWERS AND THE GODS
- II CHRISTIAN FLOWER LEGENDS
- III PLANT DEITIES AND GARDEN SAINTS
- IV THE DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES
- V PLANTS AND PLANETS
- VI WITCHCRAFT AND WILD FLOWERS
- VII THE DEVIL'S PLANT LORE
- VIII PLANT FANTASY
- IX DROSERA OR DRACULA?
- X SOME HERBALS AND HERBALISTS
- XI BOUQUET GARNI
- XII THE PHYSIC GARDEN
- XIII POISON GARDENS
- XIV PLANTS OF LOVE, HATE AND BLOOD
- XV FROM LADY MARY'S PURSE
- XVI REMEMBERED PERFUMES
- XVII A FEW FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE
- XVIII A CHILD AMONG FLOWERS
- XIX CEREMONIAL FLOWERS
- XX LAURELS, BAYS AND THE VICTOR'S CROWN
- XXI POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL FLOWERS
- XXII FLOWERS AND THE CRAFTESMEN
- XXIII FLORAL CALENDARS
- XXIV FLOWERS AND PLANTS AS TRADE SIGNS
- Appendices
- VOCABULARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX