Visions of loveliness :: great flower breeders of the past /

Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abundance came to be or to the people who spent a good part of their lives creating it. These breeders once...

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1. Verfasser: Taylor, Judith M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press, [2014]
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Zusammenfassung:Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abundance came to be or to the people who spent a good part of their lives creating it. These breeders once had prosperous businesses and were important figures in their communities but are only memories now. They also could be cranky and quirky. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, new and exotic species were arriving in Europe and the United States from all over the world, and these plants of.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 467 pages) : color illustrations
Auszeichnungen:Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2016
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-448) and index.
ISBN:9780804040624
0804040621

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