Rowland H. Biffen: The Auricula | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781108073691 | The Auricula | The Story of a Florist's Flower | Rowland H. Biffen

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Beschreibung

The plant geneticist Sir Rowland Biffen (1874-1949), who is best remembered for his work on the improvement of English wheat varieties using Mendelian principles, was also a keen botanist and gardener. This short work on the auricula, published posthumously in 1951, contains a full botanical account of the species, but also a social history of this most popular of 'florist's flowers'. Probably introduced to England by refugees from the continent in the late sixteenth century, the auricula, though delicate-looking, is extremely hardy, can be grown in pots, and hybridizes freely, and so it was an ideal plant for competitive growers, especially in the north of England, who in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries vied with each other to breed ever more spectacular varieties, while adhering to strict guidelines on form and proportion. This work, illustrated with seven black-and-white plates, will be of interest to botanists and garden historians alike.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Preface; 1. The plant as a whole; 2. History of the auricula; 3. Meal and colour; 4. The groups of auriculas; 5. The origins of the auricula; 6. Cultivation; 7. Auricula breeding; Additional references; Plates.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Botanik
Genre:	Biologie , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108073691
ISBN-10:	1108073697
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Biffen, Rowland H.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Rowland H. Biffen
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.07.2014
Gewicht:	0,23 kg