An edition of The botanical treasury
(2016)
The botanical treasury
celebrating 40 of the world's most fascinating plants through historical art and manuscripts
by Mills, Christopher (Librarian)
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The botanical treasury: celebrating 40 of the world's most fascinating plants through historical art and manuscripts
2016, The University of Chicago Press
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022636934X 9780226369341
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Table of Contents
Sweet healer from the north
The bounty of Botany Bay
Ancestors from another age: baobabs
The fruits of paradise
Prickles, petals and twisted spines
A beauty from the east
The quest for quinine
Oranges and lemons ...
Plants that change body and mind
Seed plants from the dawn of time
From eastern medicine to western gardens
Growing with dinosaurs
Exploring the secrets of the bottle gourd
Lifeblood of the ancient world
The heavy price of sugar cane
Delicate dancers from the east
Everywhere over the rainbow
The search for the Siroi lily
The lotus: a sacred symbol of the east
The sky's the limit: magnificent magnolias across the world
Maize: a cereal bound for success
A beautiful carnivore
The power of poppies
Capturing the blue vanda
The orchid queen
Traveller of the tropics
Steeples from the Zambesi delta
Weaving fabric from the stuff of life
Power and glory: the climbing passionflower
Proud heralds of spring
Phoenix from the ashes
The secret plants of Sikkim
"one perfect rose": the delicate damask
From foul smells to inner stars
Kew's glorious "bird of paradise"
Fatal attraction: the "corpse flower" of Kew
The plant that sparked a flower frenzy
Queen of the waterlilies
Plant platypus: Angola's amazing tree-tumbo
Feed the world.
Edition Notes
"This book shows some truly extraordinary plants, and their associated stories will surprise and delight. ... In the pages following, the plants' stories are supported by a wide selection of wonderful images produced over the last 400 years. These paintings, prints and drawings, along with the supporting documents, are all reproduced from originals held in the Library and Archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew."--Introduction.
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