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Carnation / Twigs Way.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Botanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))Publisher: London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016Description: 221 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781780236346
  • 1780236344
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB413.C3 W39 2016
Contents:
The divine flower -- What's in a name? -- Nature's bastards : from divinity to blasphemy -- Florists, weavers and cottagers -- Fit for royalty : empresses and queens -- A rainbow of pinks -- A picture of pink -- A strengthener of the heart and brain -- Crossing continents : the tangled web of the perpetual carnation -- Epilogue : the everlasting carnation -- An explication of carnation types and common terms -- Timeline.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.

The divine flower -- What's in a name? -- Nature's bastards : from divinity to blasphemy -- Florists, weavers and cottagers -- Fit for royalty : empresses and queens -- A rainbow of pinks -- A picture of pink -- A strengthener of the heart and brain -- Crossing continents : the tangled web of the perpetual carnation -- Epilogue : the everlasting carnation -- An explication of carnation types and common terms -- Timeline.

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