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Cargando... Tales of the Rose Tree: Ravishing Rhododendrons And Their Travels Around the Worldpor Jane Brown
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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? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As much as this is about the species rhododendron in all its wonderful variety (and even the much-maligned ponticum is given its rightful place), it's also about the people whose lives intersected with it. At times the bewilderding list of crosses and varieties is almost challenged by the relationships and links between those responsible for making this Himalyan scrub plant what it is today.
Jane Brown never lets the pace of her narrative drop and the technical details of plant breeding are kept to minimum and explained where necessary for the casual reader. Although aimed squarely at the rhododendron enthusiasts, it is also a fascinating read for its placing of the subject in the social and political backdrop through the centuries. It also deals etensively with the rhododenron discoveries and history in North America and should also appeal to U.S./Canadian readers. ( )