Dimitsana Calendar 1991

Summary

The 1991 Dimitsana calendar, issued by the Brotherhood of Dimitsanites, focuses on flowers and plant life through photographs. The monthly pages depict dahlias, zinnias, wildflowers, roses and flowering trees. Brief captions discuss colours, seasonal blossoming, fruiting and cultivated varieties. Photographers identified in the text include I. Stathopoulos and physician N. Vrachnakis. The publication differs from the monument and architecture calendars by concentrating on flowers and the changing seasons. Date grids accompany the photographic material, with abbreviated weekday names. Although some plants are named, the issue is not a scientific botanical inventory. It is a record of how familiar garden and wild plants were selected to illustrate the passage of a year for readers connected to Dimitsana. The publication combines the annual date grids with selected local material and now records the subjects highlighted by its editors at the time.

Key Points

• Dahlias and zinnias.
• Wildflowers of Greece.
• Roses and flowering trees.
• Seasonal changes in colour.
• Photography by Stathopoulos and Vrachnakis.
• Photographic, not botanical, survey.