Throughout history flowers have been an integral part of human survival and culture, as food, for medicine, to express feelings, as symbols, to commemorate and celebrate, and to decorate. Likewise flowers have played an important role in culture through myths and legends, literature and the decorative arts. This delightful new book brings together 100 of the world?s flowers to tell their remarkable stories, richly illustrated and accompanied by facts about each species and what role it has played in our culture and history.