The flower of empire : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway.
Material type: TextPublication 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
- QK495.N97 H65 2013
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SB412.M9 M33 1902 Eucalypts cultivated in the United States / | SB412.N97 A65 2013 Victoria the seductress : a cultural and natural history of the world's greatest water lily / | SB412.N97 G75 2010 The lotus quest : in search of the sacred flower / | SB412.N97 H65 2013 The flower of empire : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / | SB412.O44 B37 1959 Lilac and laburnum. | SB412.O44 B46 2002 Lilacs for the garden / | SB412.O44 F52 1988 Lilacs, the genus Syringa / |
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.