In Search of Lost Roses (Bloomsbury Gardening Classics) - Hardcover

Christopher, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747530092 ISBN 13: 9780747530091

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

One of the most striking horticultural developments of recent years has been the reappearance of the so-called old roses, which almost vanished when the first hybrid tea rose was cultivated in 1867. This text is the story of these flowers which have persisted for centuries and of the unlikely band of experts who rescued them. Seeking the elusive roses from the East Coast of the United States to the West and across the ocean to Britain, Christopher rose-rustled in snakeproof boots along La Bahia trail in Texas, mined the "Mother-Lode Highway" in California and visited the world's foremost authority on old roses, Graham Thomas, in Surrey. During his travels, he encountered a number of memorable human beings, united only in their devotion to the flowers, as well as many of the roses themselves which are described in this book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0747530092
• ISBN 13: 9780747530091
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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