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PublisherFirefly Books, The Limited

ISBN-101552976734

ISBN-139781552976739

eBay Product ID (ePID)2507082

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Book TitleGardener's Atlas : the Origins, Discovery and Cultivation of the World's Most Popular Garden Plants

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Reference, History, Essays & Narratives

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, Gardening

AuthorJohn Grimshaw

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-266681

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsFascinating reference for almost anything that grows in your garden.... avid gardeners might find themselves reading it cover to cover., Grimshaw has put together one of the most interesting and adventurous books I've seen about our popular plants and their origins ... It's a delightful and informative reference book to own., A good garden reference book. This portable, paperback atlas is a fascinating reference for almost anything that grows in your garden. It provides tales of intrigue and adventure behind plants you might merely think of as pretty -- and gives great conversation fodder the next time you host a garden party. ... Each one of the Atlas' 217 pages is rife with such stories. Even though it's a reference book, avid gardeners might find themselves reading it cover to cover., Reads like the great adventures of plant hunters... a truly unique publication.... All true plant lovers should have this volume added to their reference library., The format and presentation makes an interesting and visually beautiful way to learn about plants and botany!, A fascinating reference... tales of intrigue and adventure... avid gardeners might find themselves reading it cover to cover., A truly unique publication.... All true plant lovers should have this volume added to their reference library.

Dewey Decimal635.9

Table Of ContentIntroduction PARADISE FOUND history of gardening Plant records Life of a planthunter COLLECTORS' PARADISE THE NARCISSUS FAMILY (Amaryllidaceae) Parental responsibility A GARDEN IN AFRICA BEGONIAS, BUSY LIZZIES, AND OTHER BEDDING PLANTS (Begoniaceae, Balsaminaceae, Gesneriaceae, Solanaceae) GENTIANS AND BELLFLOWERS (Gentianaceae, Campanulaceae) Reginald Farrer: alpine garden wizard Giants of East Africa PINKS AND WALLFLOWERS (Caryophyllaceae, Cruciferae) Show Flowers THE DAISY FAMILY (Compositae, Asteraceae) THE MEDIEVAL GARDEN THE HEATHER FAMILY (Ericaceae) The man who made rhododendrons popular THE GRAND FORMAL GARDEN GERANIUMS AND MALLOWS (Geraniaceae, Malvaceae) Francis Masson reveals Cape diversity THE IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae) A PLANTSMAN'S GARDEN THE PEA FAMILY (Leguminosae) From peas to plant breeding THE LILY FAMILY (Liliaceae) A valuable export America's "first botanist" OLIVES, PLUMBAGOS, AND CONVOLVULUS (Oleaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Convolvulaceae) GARDENS OF ISLAM FUCHSIAS AND OLEANDERS (Onagraceae, Apocynaceae) Presidential commission THE ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae) The birth of an orchid AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION POPPIES AND PEONIES (Papaveraceae, Paeoniaceae) Betty Sheriff's dream poppy A MILLIONAIRE'S GARDEN THE PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae) Conservation issue BUTTERCUPS AND WATERLILIES (Ranunculaceae, Nyphaeaceae) THE JAPANESE GARDEN From waterlily to glasshouse THE ROSE FAMILY (Rosaceae) The artist and the empress THE ENGLISH GARDEN The evolution of the rose CAMELLIAS AND MAGNOLIAS (Theaceae, Magnoliaceae) Ancient survival Master of botanical art GARDENS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS PANSIES AND FORGET-ME-NOTS (Violaceae, Boraginaceae) FOLIAGE PLANTS Streaks and speckles A craze for ferns Tradescant tradition THE ART OF ILLUSTRATING PLANTS PLANTSMAN'S CHOICE: A MISCELLANY Glossary Index Credits

SynopsisAn illustrated history the world's most popular cultivated plants tracing how they were originally collected, the reasons the plants are cultivated and how those reasons have changed over time., The flowering plants in your garden, and their variety of color and form, are the result of hundreds of years of tradition, science, skill and intrepid exploration. They may be native plants carefully selected to provide larger blooms or a greater color range, exotic species with origins in far-distant lands, or cultivars which have been painstakingly bred to conform to an ideal of shape and form. The Gardener's Atlas explores the histories of many of the world's most popular cultivated plants and reveals how and where they grew in the wild. It relates extraordinary and uplifting tales of their discovery in some of the remotest regions on earth -- tales of determination and perseverance, of barter and exchange, and of international friendship struck up between enthusiastic horticulturists from the 1500s onward. There are insights into how plants that are now simply decorative were once used for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, for food or ritual, and into how they earned their common or Latin names. This is a book which cannot fail to enrich your gardening experience.

LC Classification NumberSB404.5.G75 2002