Walk into any nursery, florist, or supermarket, and you'll
encounter displays of dozens of gorgeous flowers, from
chrysanthemums to orchids. At one time these fanciful blooms were
the rare trophies of the rich and influential-even the carnation,
today thought of as one of the humblest cut flowers. Every blossom
we take for granted now is the product of painstaking and
imaginative planning, breeding, horticultural ingenuity, and
sometimes chance. The personalities of the breeders, from an
Indiana farmer to Admiral Lord Gambier's gardener, were as various
and compelling as the beauty they conjured from skilled
hybridization. In Visions of Loveliness: Great Flower Breeders of
the Past, Judith Taylor wrote engagingly about the vivid history
and characters behind eighteen types of popular flowers. In this
companion volume she uncovers information about another eight
familiar flowers: poinsettias, chrysanthemums, gladioli, pansies,
carnations, water lilies, clematis, and penstemons. Taylor has
tapped into an enormous trove of stories about extraordinary people
with vision and skill who added to our enjoyment piece by piece,
starting about 150 years ago. This beautifully illustrated book
will please flower enthusiasts, gardeners, and history buffs alike.
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