Title: The gardener's atlas : the origins, descovery and cultivation of the world's most popular garden plants /
Authors: Grimshaw, John, 1967-
Publisher: Firefly Books,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Flowers History; Flower gardening.; Fleurs Histoire.; Floriculture.
Abstract: The origins, discovery and cultivation of the world's most popular garden plants.
Contents: Introduction -- Paradise found : A history of gardening ; Plant records ; Life of a planthunter -- Collectors' paradise -- The narcissus family (amaryllidaceae) : Parental responsibility -- A garden in Africa -- Begonias, busy lizzies, and other bedding plants (gegoniaceae, balsaminaceae, gesneriaceae) -- Gentians and bellflowers (campanulaceae) : Alpine garden wizard ; Giants of east Africa -- Pinks and wallflowers (caryophyllaceae, cruciferae) : Show flowers -- The daisy family (compositae) : The midieval garden -- The heather family (ericaceae) : The man who made rhododendrons popular ; The grand formal garden -- Geraniums and mallows (geraniaceae, malvaceae) : Francis Masson reveals cape diversity -- The iris family (iridaecea) : A plantsman's garden -- The pea family (leguminosae) : From peas to plant breeding -- The lily family (liliaceae) : A valuable export ; American's first botanist -- Olives, plumbagos, and convolvulus (oleaceae, convolvulaceae, plumbaginaeceae) : Gardens of Islam -- Fuchsias and oleanders (onagraceae, apocynaceae) : Presidential commission -- The orchid family (orchidaceae) : The birth of an orchid ; Australian education -- Poppies and peonies (papaveraceae, paeoniaceae) : Betty Sheriff's dream poppy ; A millionaire's garden -- The primrose family (primulaceae) : Conservation issue -- Buttercups and waterlilies (ranunculaceae, nymphaeaceae) : The Japanese garden ; From waterlily to glasshouse -- The rose family (rosaceae) : The artist and the empress ; The English garden ; The evolution of the rose -- Camellias and magnolias (theaceae, magnoliaceae) : Ancient survival ; Master of botanical art ; Gardens of the southern plantations -- Pansies and forget-me-nots (violaceae, boraginaceae) -- Foliage plants : Streaks and speckles ; A craze for ferns ; Tradescant tradition ; The art of botanical illustration ; Plantsman's choice : a miscellany.