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Author : Cynthia Postan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Plant collecting
ISBN : UVA:X002682881
Author : Mary Germaine
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781487008697
In her debut collection, Congratulations, Rhododendrons, award-winning poet Mary Germaine offers love poems to an insistently unlovely world. Through poems that speak to plastic bags and drones as much as they admire roses and the moon, Germaine surfs the confluence of artificial and natural environments, technology, and our small but consequential feelings about them. At turns devotional and suspicious, these poems toe the boundaries of intimacy, responsibility, and reason. In anxious times, anything can be taken as a sign; a crow, a talking coin, and a news report are all sources of information whose truth (or “fake-ness”) demand investigation. Germaine’s poems scroll from a shrine in Lourdes to an augmented-reality sandbox, from a mall filled with loitering ex–love interests to a fairy-tale ending where all the men turn out to be chairs. Funny, provocative, sly, and melancholic, Congratulations, Rhododendrons makes a case for the hope that every apparent disaster of social investment might in the end be redeemed as meaningful, genuine, or at least in some way helpful.
Author : Jane Brown
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1567923127
"From the towering Burmese magnificum, with its three-foot-diameter trunk and its masses of sweet-smelling purple flowers, to the potted pink azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio, Rhododendron is a genus of infinite variety and beauty. There are 1,025 known species: it is a native of the snows of the Himalayas and the swamps of the Carolinas, the jungles of Borneo and the island inlets of Japan. It is also one of the oldest of plants - many believe the dove that returned to Noah's ark was carrying a rhododendron sprig - although it has been known to western horticulture for only 300 years. The curious history of Westerners and rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Binford & Mort Publishing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0832306371
Author : MARGERY. SHARP
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913527611
It was indeed very difficult for the Laventie children not to be a little priggish. Ann Laventie, the youngest of three children in a long line of anti-social Sussex gentry, doesn't quite fit the mould of her intellectual, elegant, ultra-modern siblings Dick, an artist, and Elizabeth, a high-brow writer. Their father is scholarly and just wealthy enough to focus all his attention on reading and other highbrow pursuits. Ann, on the other hand, worries about being plump, is what might be called a 'people person, ' and appreciates the simpler pleasures. As the young Laventies spend more and more of their time in the glitter of London, their differences grow more pronounced, and when Ann returns home with an unsuitably ordinary fiancé, this dazzling, witty battle of the brows reaches its exhilarating climax. Rhododendron Pie, one of Margery Sharp's rarest and most sought-after novels, was her debut, reportedly written in one month while Sharp worked as a typist and shared a flat in Paddington with two other girls. But it already shows all the charm, humour, and sophistication that characterizes Sharp's beloved later work. First published in 1930, it has, inexplicably, never been reprinted. Until now. This new edition features an introduction by twentieth-century women's historian Elizabeth Crawford. 'A first novel of quite unusual charm, pointedly and gracefully written, and whimsically human' Yorkshire Post
Author : Sonja Nelson
Publisher : Binford & Mort Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UVA:X004586881
An illustrated history of the rhododendron in the Pacific Northwest -- from its discovery in 1792 by Menzies on the shore of Puger Sound to the founding of the American Rhododendron Society and the establishment of public gardens. This is the story of the convergence of both extraordinary plants and extraordinary people -- people who were so captivated by this genus they devoted their lives to its introduction into the garden and its improvement through hybridization. Appendices. Illustrated.
Author : Alice Adams
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984899651
Famous for illuminating the hidden workings of human relationships, Alice Adams’s short stories appeared dozens of times in The New Yorker and were a mainstay of the O. Henry Award collections. From her capstone collection The Stories of Alice Adams, “Roses, Rhododendron” chronicles the power of a lifelong friendship. When a young Jane Kilgore moves to North Carolina with her superstitious mother, she meets Harriet Farr and finds comfort and stability amongst her family. As Jane’s life takes her away from the South, she learns that her relationship with the Farrs shaped her childhood and life thereafter.
Author : Jane Brown
Publisher : HarperPerennial
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Rhododendrons
ISBN : CORNELL:31924097791200
A wild and wonderful exploration of the history of the Rhododendron, a plant coveted, traded and stolen for thousands of years. bark on sculptured trunks to the delicate potted azalea on the garden patio, almost everyone has a rhododendron within reach of their daily lives. But who knows anything about this mysterious plant? dizzying heights of its natural habitat in the Sino-Himalayas by avaricious British collectors. Some of the species mutated; others proved hardy and easy to hybridise. Today the rhododendron has made a greater impact on the English landscape than any other plant. some say thousands, of years (the dove returning to Noah's ark was, apparently, carrying the leaf of a rhododendron).The Aztecs favoured it for their pleasure gardens (although the Jesuits believed they discovered it); the Chinese use it in medicines; mariners used it as ballast cargo; it has excited royal passions (Edward Prince of Wales surrounded himself with them at Virginia Water in the 1920s) and been the source of personal feuds (in the Rhododendron Society). After the First World War the government thought enough of the plant to fill Windsor Great Park with them in order to cheer up the nation. ancient beauty forced to exist out of its natural habitat? Jane Brown ultimately asks: What is the rhododendron for?
Author : Joanne Randolph
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781538371459
Around the world, stories are passed down from generation to generation. These stories often help us learn more about a place or culture and are often filled with important life lessons. Based on a Nepalese folktale, this play tells the story of two plants, one that is green all year round, and another that thrives only sometimes. Exciting dialogue and vibrant illustrations bring these plants into fabulous focus and make for a fun read that's sure to be an excellent addition to any library or classroom.
Author : Richard Milne
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781780238814
Has ever a plant inspired such love and such hatred as the rhododendron? Its beauty is inarguable; it can clothe whole hillsides and gardens with a blanket of vibrant color. The rhododendron has a propensity towards sexual infidelity, making it very popular with horticultural breeding programs. And it can also be used as an herbal remedy for an astonishing range of ailments. But there is a darker side to these gorgeous flowers. Daphne du Maurier used the red rhododendron as a symbol of blood in her best-selling novel Rebecca, and numerous Chinese folktales link the plant with tragedy and death. It can poison livestock and intoxicate humans, and its narcotic honey has been used as a weapon of war. Rhododendron ponticum has run riot across the British countryside, but the full story of this implacable invader contains many fascinating surprises. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Richard Milne explores the many ways in which the rhododendron has influenced human societies, relating this to the extraordinary story of the plant’s evolution. Over one thousand species of the plant exist, ranging from rugged trees on Himalayan slopes to rock-hugging alpines, and delicate plants perched on rainforest branches. Milne relays tales of mythical figures, intrepid collectors, and eccentric plant breeders. However much you may think you know about the rhododendron, this charming book will offer something new.
Author : Clarence Barrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UVA:X004415672
Author : David G. Leach
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015006114865
"This is the most comprehensive book on rhododendrons ever to be published and should be the definitive one on the subject. It covers planting, care, diseases, propagation, forcing, greenhouse culture and hardiness; it gives a history of rhododendrons, their distribution all over the world, their plant anatomy, their adaptability to garden use and what other plants to use with them. There is a detailed listing of 148 species, information which has never been assembled before, and there is also a comprehensive chapter on hybrids. Because every aspect of the subject has been exhaustively covered, this book will be of use anywhere in the United States or Great Britain where rhododendron growing is at all possible. It is entirely practical for the average gardener and should be an invaluable reference work for such specialists as nurserymen, landscape architects, and professional horticulturists"--Book jacket.
Author : Alice Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1556280203
Author : Herbert Bashford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Natural history
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097064885
Author : René de Milleville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : CHI:64002275
A comprehensive guide to Nepal's national flower, with chapters on its characteristics, preferred climate, the different types and their names found in Nepal, mean altitude per species and mean altitude of blooming by month. It includes a species by species list providing information including name, distribution, preferred terrain and flower.