The flower of empire an Amazonian water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it created / Tatiana Holway.
| Author/creator | Holway, Tatiana M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] |
| Description | xii, 306 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012034518 |
| ISBN | 9780195373899 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |