RHS The Rose
The history of the world's favourite flower in 40 roses
$47.03
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2021
Summary
The Royal Horticultural Society’s The Rose tells the story of the world’s favourite flower through 40 of the most popular and interesting species and hybrids. Arranged chronologically, The Rose brings to life the arrival of each flower in European gardens, detailing the history of the layout of rose gardens and the role that roses play in the ‘language of flowers’.
From the first recorded reference to a rose over 7,000 years ago, these extraordinary flowers have capt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787394087 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787394085 |
| Author: | Brent Elliott |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Welbeck |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 282mm x 220mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Brent Elliott
Brent Elliott was a staff member of the RHS Lindley Library for forty years, for most of that time as Librarian, and latterly as Historian. He is the author of Victorian Gardens (1986), The Country House Garden (1995), The Royal Horticultural Society (2004), RHS Chelsea Flower Show (2013), and Federico Cesi’s Botanical Manuscripts (2015). He has served as Editor of Garden History, and of Occasional Papers from the RHS Lindley Library. He was for 21 years a member of English Heritage’s Historic Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Victorian Society’s Southern Buildings Committee.
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