A Garden of Words

by Martha Barnette

Book Overview

Did you know that the tulip gets its name from a kind of headwear? What's the linguistic link between the lovely gladiolus and a fierce gladiator? A rose by any other name may smell as sweet--but why... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812918487
• ISBN13: 9780812918489
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Adorable AND informative

I gave this to my botanist mother for Mother's Day and she loved it! Chock full of interesting tidbits.