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Wild Flowers by [text] Emily Carr; illustrations by Emily Henrietta Woods is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wild Flowers about?

Wild Flowers is a collection of Emily Carr's delightfully evocative impressions of native flowers and shrubs. She wrote these short pieces later in life and they rekindled in her strong childhood memories and associations. She delights in the brightness of buttercups that "let Spring's secret out", muses over the hardiness of stonecrop ("How any plant can grow on bare rock and be so fleshy leafed and fat is a marvel.") and declares that "botanical science has un-skunked the skunk cabbage". Carr's playful words often bring a smile to readers. About catnip, she "I did think it was kind of God to make a special flower for cats." In a brief Foreword and Afterword, archivist and historian Kathryn Bridge gives context to Wild Flowers within the body of Carr's previously published writings. Wild Flowers is illustrated with beautiful watercolours of wild plants by Emily Henrietta Woods, one of Carr's childhood drawing teachers in Victoria. The originals of Carr's manuscript and Woods' botanical illustrations reside in collections of the BC Archives; neither have been published until now. "Woods' paintings fit so well with Carr's text. It's serendipity that Woods taught Carr and that we hav

Who reads Wild Flowers?

Author

[text] Emily Carr; illustrations by Emily Henrietta Woods

Publisher

Royal British Columbia Museum Royal Museum Shop

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780772654533

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Fiction, Nature

Rating

4 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13