Tulip
Fisher, Celia2017
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A long time ago, you could only find them on the slopes of remote mountain ranges in Asia, but today they are the very symbol of modern genetics, a species unrivalled for the variety of colours and forms that breeders can create: tulips. In this book, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its prevalence in the gardens of Mughal, Persian and Ottoman potentates from its migration across the Silk Road to its explosive cultivation in the modern European world.
Main title:
Tulip / Celia Fisher.
Author:
Fisher, Celia, author
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2017.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781780237596 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
635.93469
Language:
English
BRN:
1076875