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The flower of empire : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: xii, 306 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195373899
  • 0195373898
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK495.N97 H65 2013
Contents:
Prologue: Victoria's floras -- Terra incognita -- Perils and wonders -- A floral sensation -- An international tempest -- Return to the wild -- Cultivating Kew Gardens -- His grace and his gardener -- The flowering of Chatsworth -- Golden square -- Evergreens -- Salvaging Kew Gardens -- Trading favors -- Trials and errors -- The great stove -- Reviving Kew Gardens. -- Return to El Dorado -- Paxton, inc -- First bloom -- Nature's engineer -- Empire under glass -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux.
Summary: Narrates the story of the discovery of an Amazon water lily and its impact on Victorian life and culture, as prominent botanists of the day became obssessed in their quest to make the flower bloom in England.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB412.N97 H65 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800143497
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Victoria's floras -- Terra incognita -- Perils and wonders -- A floral sensation -- An international tempest -- Return to the wild -- Cultivating Kew Gardens -- His grace and his gardener -- The flowering of Chatsworth -- Golden square -- Evergreens -- Salvaging Kew Gardens -- Trading favors -- Trials and errors -- The great stove -- Reviving Kew Gardens. -- Return to El Dorado -- Paxton, inc -- First bloom -- Nature's engineer -- Empire under glass -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux.

Narrates the story of the discovery of an Amazon water lily and its impact on Victorian life and culture, as prominent botanists of the day became obssessed in their quest to make the flower bloom in England.

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