Flowers in the world's most beautiful gardens
By: photographed by Alain Le Toquin ; written by Yves-Marie Allain ; translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott
Contributors: Le Toquin, Alain
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781419705588
Subjects: Flowers; Gardens; Pictorial works; History
Notes: Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: From the discovery of the flower to its use in the garden; title: Exotic, indigenous, and exogenous plants; title: Spaces dedicated to the flower; title: The rose, queen of flowers; title: Floral decoration in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; title: The iris, an aristocratic flower; title: The flower in the classic French formal garden; title: The tulip, from rarity to the great flower banks; title: New theories of color in the nineteenth century; title: Chevreul's theory of colors; title: Rhododendron and azalea, decorative shrubs; title: Scientific and technical progress in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; title: The water lily, Monet's inspiration; title: Flower carpets; title: Mosaiculture, an atypical modern trend; title: Perennial plant flower beds; title: The wisteria, a flower with old-fashioned charm; title: The peony, a delicate flower; title: The flower-covered meadow, a good alternative; title: Are gramineae flowering plants?