Title The flower of empire : the Amazon's largest water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it helped create / Tatiana Holway.

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Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Contents	Prologue: Victoria's floras -- Terra incognita -- Perils and wonders -- A floral sensation -- An international tempest -- Return to the wild -- Cultivating Kew Gardens -- His grace and his gardener -- The flowering of Chatsworth -- Golden square -- Evergreens -- Salvaging Kew Gardens -- Trading favors -- Trials and errors -- The great stove -- Reviving Kew Gardens. -- Return to El Dorado -- Paxton, inc -- First bloom -- Nature's engineer -- Empire under glass -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux.
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Subject	Victoria amazonica.
	Victoria amazonica.
	Botanical gardens -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Botanical gardens.
	England.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Holway, Tatiana M. Flower of empire. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780195373899 (DLC) 2012034518 (OCoLC)824119479
ISBN	9780199706044 (electronic book)
	0199706042 (electronic book)
	9781299156357 (MyiLibrary)
	1299156355 (MyiLibrary)
	9780195373899
	0195373898