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Peonies and Pomegranates - Botanic Illustrations from Asia (Hardcover)
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Peonies and Pomegranates - Botanic Illustrations from Asia (Hardcover)
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Many of the flowers and fruits growing in our gardens and
greenhouses today were brought to the West by collectors or
traders. This book describes the origins of these plants, with
quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated,
cultivated and wrote about them. Almost all the illustrations are
by Asian and Middle Eastern artists, some of them hired by European
collectors. Celia Fisher begins with an account of the long history
of gardens in the East, and of how Eastern plants and botanical
knowledge came to be transmitted to Europe. This is followed by
seventy-four alphabetical plant entries, ranging from acacia to
wisteria, each illustrated with wonderful pictures from a range of
books, manuscripts, paintings and drawings. A must-have for every
gardener and appreciator of beautiful artwork, this sumptuously
illustrated handbook describes over seventy plants that originated
in Asia and the Middle East.
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