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From the back cover
One Hundred Stories of Myth and Legend, Sex, Death, War and Conquest, Hope, Fear, Botanical history -- and Beautiful Things.
Garden write Diana Wells plucks our favorite flowers and explains how we came to know and love them:
*Rose - Napoleon's wife, Empress Josephine, carried one to hide her teeth when she laughed.
*Forsythia - Scotsman Willliam Forsyth (for whom it's named) conned the British navy out of £1500 with a mysterious concoction.
*Water Lily - No one dared to tell Queen Victoria that the variety named after her was also named after the legendary Amazons.
*Datura - Thomas Jefferson was afraid to plant it in the garden in Monticello.
*Nasturtium - Monet's famous garden at Giverny relied on it.
*Chrysanthemum - Introduced to Japan by Zen Buddhist monks.
*Acanthus - Its leaves inspired ornamentation in Ancient Greek architecture.
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