An edition of The flower of empire
(2013)
The flower of empire
an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created
by Tatiana M. Holway
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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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Victoria amazonica, Botanical gardens, History, NymphaeaceaePlaces
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The flower of empire: an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created
2013, Oxford University Press
in English
0195373898 9780195373899
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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