Richard Folkard: 3 books
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore of the Plant Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2019
Having, some few years ago, been associated in the conduct of a journal devoted to horticulture, I amassed for literary purposes much of the material made use of in the present volume. Upon the discontinuance of the journal, I resolved to classify and arrange the plant lore thus accumulated, with...
by Richard Folkard
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
THE analogy existing between the vegetable and animal worlds, and the resemblances between human and tree life, have been observed by man from the most remote periods of which we have any records. Primitive man, watching the marvellous changes in trees and plants, which accurately marked not only the...
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS (abridged list)
PART THE FIRST.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
THE WORLD-TREES OF THE ANCIENTS.
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CHAPTER XV.
PLANT SYMBOLISM AND LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER XVI.
FUNERAL PLANTS
PART THE SECOND.
AN...