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Category : Daffodils
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The American Daffodil Yearbook
Author: Daffodil Yearbook
Author: American Daffodil Yearbook
Author: Daffodil
Author: Noel KingsburyPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604695595
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
There is no harbinger of spring like a field or garden filled with bright yellow daffodils. But the world of the daffodil is much more than just its place in the march of the seasons. It’s a plant whose history starts with the tombs of the Pharaohs, through pre-Darwin evolutionary theory and Cornwall’s burgeoning bulb business, and leads to the current explosion of varieties from plant breeders seeking new colors, fragrances, and forms. Daffodil reveals a global plant infatuation that has led to more than 25,000 cultivars available in nearly every shade of yellow (and now pink, orange, and white). Noel Kingsbury tells the tale through an engaging narrative history and plant portraits that highlight more than 200 varieties. Jo Whitworth's revealing photography shows a side of the daffodil rarely seen. Plant lovers will relish the stories and gardeners will cherish the cultivation notes, plant descriptions, and recommendations.
Daffodil and Tulip Yearbook
Author: Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: The Tulip
Author: Anna PavordPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1635573912
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
A twentieth anniversary edition of the classic, featuring new material by the author. Anna Pavord's internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into a worldwide phenomenon. Today, the United States alone imports three thousand million tulip bulbs each year. No other flower has ever carried so much consequence; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behavior, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Why did the tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six years looking for answers, roaming through Asia, India, and the Ottoman Empire to tell how a humble wildflower of the Asian steppes made its way to Turkey and from there took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book, and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a completely revised listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose for your garden, and a reorganized listing of tulip species, to reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists.
Golden Harvest
Author: Andrew TompsettPublisher: Alison Hodge Publishers
ISBN: 9780906720462
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This publication provides a history of daffodil growing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the modern industry of the early twenty-first century.
Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry
Author: United States. Bureau of Plant IndustryPublisher:
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Category : Botany, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural EngineeringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description