Book of Trees: Myrtle and Rose

A new mystery, The Language of Flowers, links to old books, how to make rosewater, and trusting your instincts.

“The Crooked Branch” series of Book of Trees traces a legacy of whispers and shadows.

THE MYSTERY:

My peculiar mother hid things in boxes, secreted under an 18th-century house in the woods, with a stream running through its basement. I opened a box with my grandpa,