"Sumptuous illustrations support Potter's eclectic, expert research to provide an all-encompassing, yet precisely focused, treatise on this botanical queen."──《書單》
“A beautifully produced exploration into the cultural history of the rose....British horticultural historian Potter has dug deep into the roots of rose history and produced an admirable dissection of all that the rose signifies now and throughout history. Transporting readers around the world—from ancient Greece to Europe to China to the United States—the author attempts to answer a very complex question: "Why the rose?" Readers will find her answers as multilayered as the rose itself....Historically lush, detailed study of the world's favorite flower.” ──《科克斯評論》