The Detroit News.
Flowers are as important to a room as furniture and are just as stylish.
Blacker even includes an 1895 photograph where trees grow through holes cut in a banquet table. But unlike furniture, foliage is ephemeral and almost impossible to research. She shares the images she has uncovered, along with photographs of National Trust houses. She marches through the history of gardening, design and flower arranging, pausing to re-create period bouquets. In the early 17th century, it was cheaper to have paintings of tulips than actual flowers.