The flower of empire : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / / Tatiana Holway.
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Holway, Tatiana M. The flower of empire [electronic resource] : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. xii, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Victoria amazonica. Botanical gardens England History 19th century. Electronic books. ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=1132321 Click to View |
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The flower of empire an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / |
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an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / |
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The flower of empire [electronic resource] : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway. |
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The flower of empire [electronic resource] : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway. |
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The flower of empire [electronic resource] : an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway. |
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xii, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. |
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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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