Author: Jane Brown
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567923124
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"From the towering Burmese magnificum, with its three-foot-diameter trunk and its masses of sweet-smelling purple flowers, to the potted pink azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio, Rhododendron is a genus of infinite variety and beauty. There are 1,025 known species: it is a native of the snows of the Himalayas and the swamps of the Carolinas, the jungles of Borneo and the island inlets of Japan. It is also one of the oldest of plants - many believe the dove that returned to Noah's ark was carrying a rhododendron sprig - although it has been known to western horticulture for only 300 years. The curious history of Westerners and rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer."--BOOK JACKET.
Tales of the Rose Tree
Author: Jane Brown
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567923124
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"From the towering Burmese magnificum, with its three-foot-diameter trunk and its masses of sweet-smelling purple flowers, to the potted pink azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio, Rhododendron is a genus of infinite variety and beauty. There are 1,025 known species: it is a native of the snows of the Himalayas and the swamps of the Carolinas, the jungles of Borneo and the island inlets of Japan. It is also one of the oldest of plants - many believe the dove that returned to Noah's ark was carrying a rhododendron sprig - although it has been known to western horticulture for only 300 years. The curious history of Westerners and rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567923124
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"From the towering Burmese magnificum, with its three-foot-diameter trunk and its masses of sweet-smelling purple flowers, to the potted pink azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio, Rhododendron is a genus of infinite variety and beauty. There are 1,025 known species: it is a native of the snows of the Himalayas and the swamps of the Carolinas, the jungles of Borneo and the island inlets of Japan. It is also one of the oldest of plants - many believe the dove that returned to Noah's ark was carrying a rhododendron sprig - although it has been known to western horticulture for only 300 years. The curious history of Westerners and rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer."--BOOK JACKET.
The National Union Catalog, 1952-1955 Imprints
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3116
Book Description
The Nightingale and the Rose
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718212599
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
THIS 9 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Best Known Works of Oscar Wilde, by Oscar Wilde. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 076613010X.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718212599
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
THIS 9 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Best Known Works of Oscar Wilde, by Oscar Wilde. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 076613010X.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Fairy Favours, and Other Tales
Author: Elizabeth Frances Dagley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropomorphism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropomorphism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Includes Part 1A, Number 1: Books (January - June) and Part 1B, Number 1: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Includes Part 1A, Number 1: Books (January - June) and Part 1B, Number 1: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
Bern's Newest Fairy Tales
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1446170187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Fairy Tales for children of all ages.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1446170187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Fairy Tales for children of all ages.
The ancestors of Peter Atherly and other tales
The Ugly Duck, and Other Tales
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description