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Passion for peonies : celebrating the culture and conservation of Nichols Arboretum's beloved flower /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Michener, David (Editor), Grese, Robert (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Peonies > Michigan > Ann Arbor.
Peonies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum
  • A Century of Blooms: A History of the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum / Robert Grese
  • Sister Gardens and Peony Breeders across the Midwest
  • Brook Lodge Gardens-Peonies / W.E. Upjohn, Commentary by David Michener
  • Silvia Saunders: Positioning Hybrid Peonies for Public Acceptance / David Michener
  • Edward Auten Jr.: Peonies That Are Different / David Michener
  • Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas: Hidden in Plain Sight / David Michener
  • Amateur Breeders and Peony Enthusiasts / Robert Grese
  • The Peony Garden at Fair Lane / Karen Marzonie
  • Chicago Botanic Garden / Nina Koziol
  • The Royal Botanical Gardens Peony Collection / Alex Henderson
  • The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site's Peony Garden / Bethany Gosewehr
  • The Peony Collection of the Montreal Botanical Garden / Stéphane Bailleul
  • The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peony Collection / David Stevenson
  • Sisson's Peony Gardens and Whistling Gardens / Emajean Westphal and Darren Heimbecker
  • Appreciating Historic Herbaceous Peonies and Other Historic Garden Varieties
  • History of the Peony / Brand Peony Farms
  • Historic Peonies in Early America / Peggy Cornett
  • Conserving Beauty as Science / David Michener and Nastassia Vlasava
  • Fragrant Peonies / Harvey Buchite
  • The Art of Peony Hybridization / Don Hollingswoth
  • The Enduring Value of Historic Peonies / Scott Kunst
  • Peonies in Classic Garden Writing
  • From The Book of the Peony / Alice Harding
  • The Fascination of Peonies: Intimate Portraits of the Aristocrats of This Family by One Who Knows Them Well and Loves Them / Louisa Yeomans King
  • Peonies in Arts and Culture
  • The Peony in Painting and Verse in China from the Eighth to the Thirteenth Centuries / Roslyn L. Hammers
  • The Peony Emboldened: Inspired Visions of Floral Fortitude at the University of Michigan Museum of Art / Roslyn L. Hammers
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments