内容简介
认真地认识一些花，如同认识一位位新朋友。
以19世纪英国古典版画为导引，崔莹和你一起认识150种花的外形特征、生长习性、脾气性格乃至前世今生。
书中有桀骜不驯，最能代表苏格兰精神的帚石楠；有能够治病疗伤，在“一战”中立下汗马功劳的矢车菊；有安徒生的最爱，象征无法停留的爱的蒲公英；有能变成痒痒粉、被夏洛蒂•勃朗特画过的犬蔷薇；有出现在阿加莎•克里斯蒂的侦探小说《死亡约会》中的谋杀罪犯的帮凶——狐狸手套；有被苏格兰人从中国带到英国的棣棠……这些性格和经历迥异的花在不同的时空和文化中穿梭，将人与自然、历史与文明、文化与情感联结在一起。
作者所写150种花，每种都配有19世纪英国插画师、植物学家爱德华•休姆绘制的彩色版画，古典妍丽，带你走进五彩斑斓的花的世界。
作者简介
崔莹，记者、纪录片导演、专栏作家，爱丁堡大学博士，热爱行走和文学，喜欢收集世界各地的老插画书，出版有《英国插画师》《英国插画书拾珍》《访书记》等书。
Content introduction
Getting to know some flowers seriously is like getting to know a new friend.
Guided by 19th century British classical prints, Cui Ying and you understand the appearance characteristics, growth habits, temperament and even past lives of 150 kinds of flowers.
There is the wild, the most representative of the Scottish spirit of the broom heath; There are the cornflower that can cure wounds and make great contributions in the First World War; There is Hans Christian Andersen's favorite, the dandelion, a symbol of love that cannot stay; There's the dog rose that turns into tickle powder and was painted by Charlotte Bronte; There is the fox glove, an accomplice to the murderer in Agatha Christie's detective novel The Date of Death; There was Tang, who was brought to England from China by the Scots... These flowers with different personalities and experiences travel through different time and space and cultures, linking people with nature, history and civilization, culture and emotion.
The author has written about 150 kinds of flowers, each with color prints by 19th century English illustrator and botanist Edward Hume, classical and brings you into the world of colorful flowers.
About the author
Cui Ying, journalist, documentary director, columnist, doctor of Edinburgh University, loves walking and literature, likes to collect old illustrated books from all over the world, published "British Illustrator", "British illustrated book Collection", "Visit Secretary" and other books.
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