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Carnation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Way, Twigs (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016.
Series:Botanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))
Subjects:
Carnations.
Carnations > History.
Carnations > Utilization > History.
Carnations > Social aspects > History.
Carnations in art.
Plants and civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The divine flower
  • What's in a name?
  • Nature's bastards : from divinity to blasphemy
  • Florists, weavers and cottagers
  • Fit for royalty : empresses and queens
  • A rainbow of pinks
  • A picture of pink
  • A strengthener of the heart and brain
  • Crossing continents : the tangled web of the perpetual carnation
  • Epilogue : the everlasting carnation
  • An explication of carnation types and common terms
  • Timeline.