Shakespeare's FlowersColor illustrations accompany quotations from twenty-four Shakespearean dramas about twenty-seven flowers. Explains what each flower meant in Elizabethan times and Shakespeare's particular use of it in his plays. |
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ANNE OPHELIA DOWDEN apothecaries botanical bowl brew called carnation color columbine Connecticut cowslip CRAB APPLE crowflowers Cymbeline daffodils daisy darnel described EGLANTINE emblem English fairies fayries fennel flavor FLOWER-DE-LUCE flowers in Shakespeare's gillyvors grace grow HAMLET harebell hemlock Henry honeysuckle hundred ILLUSTRATED BY ANNE JESSICA KERR ILLUSTRATED Juliet King Lear know a bank known lavender lily little western flower London love potions LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST lovers Manhattanville College marigold Marjoram Mary-buds meadows with delight Midsummer Night's Dream nettles Noble Kinsmen Oberon OXLIP paint the meadows pansy Perdita petals pink plant poet primrose Provincial roses Puck Queen Elizabeth Queen Titania refers remembrance repentance river Avon roasted crab Roedean School Romeo rosemary and rue salad scene Shakespeare lived SHAKESPEARE'S FLOWERS Shakespeare's plays smell spell Stratford-upon-Avon symbol thou thought violets Warwickshire weeds wild flowers wild thyme winds of March WINTER'S TALE witches word wormwood yellow York