978-0-86716-513-5
New paperback edition! This award-winning book, now available in paperback, explores the legends inspired by flowers named for Mary, and their origins in the Bible.
Mary's Flowers
Gardens, Legends, and Meditations
Vincenzina Krymow, Illustrations by A. Joseph Barrish, S.M., Meditations by M. Jean Frisk
Since medieval times, flowers have taken their names from the virtues of Mary, or events in her life. This book is a treasury of botanical history and biblical lore.