Bibliograph

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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The flower of empire, an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created, Tatiana Holway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The flower of empire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

824119479

Responsibility statement

Tatiana Holway

Sub title

an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created

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 -- Stemming the tide -- Hothouse of industry Epilogue: Victoria regia redux

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