The Lilly Flower
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The Flower Of Empire
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Author : Tatiana Holway
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-01
The Flower Of Empire written by Tatiana Holway and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with History categories.
In 1837, while charting the Amazonian country of Guiana for Great Britain, German naturalist Robert Schomburgk discovered an astounding "vegetable wonder"--a huge water lily whose leaves were five or six feet across and whose flowers were dazzlingly white. In England, a horticultural nation with a mania for gardens and flowers, news of the discovery sparked a race to bring a live specimen back, and to bring it to bloom. In this extraordinary plant, named Victoria regia for the newly crowned queen, the flower-obsessed British had found their beau ideal. In The Flower of Empire, Tatiana Holway tells the story of this magnificent lily, revealing how it touched nearly every aspect of Victorian life, art, and culture. Holway's colorful narrative captures the sensation stirred by Victoria regia in England, particularly the intense race among prominent Britons to be the first to coax the flower to bloom. We meet the great botanists of the age, from the legendary Sir Joseph Banks, to Sir William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, to the extravagant flower collector the Duke of Devonshire. Perhaps most important was the Duke's remarkable gardener, Joseph Paxton, who rose from garden boy to knight, and whose design of a series of ever-more astonishing glass-houses--one, the Big Stove, had a footprint the size of Grand Central Station--culminated in his design of the architectural wonder of the age, the Crystal Palace. Fittingly, Paxton based his design on a glass-house he had recently built to house Victoria regia. Indeed, the natural ribbing of the lily's leaf inspired the pattern of girders supporting the massive iron-and-glass building. From alligator-laden jungle ponds to the heights of Victorian society, The Flower of Empire unfolds the marvelous odyssey of this wonder of nature in a revealing work of cultural history.
The Lily Among Flowers
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Author : Nathaniel Hervey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The Lily Among Flowers written by Nathaniel Hervey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Children and death categories.
Lily
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Author : Margaret Tobias
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-12-19
Lily written by Margaret Tobias and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-19 with categories.
With the story of Lily the young flower, children can learn about trusting change and keeping hope alive during difficult times. Lily has spent her entire life singing and laughing in the field with her brothers and sisters. She knows that there are many lovely things she might do in life. She could stay in the field forever and help the bees make delicious honey. Or she could just spend her days staring up at the sky! Still, Lily is excited when she is harvested with the other flowers. That means she has a special purpose! She will be taken to grace a beautiful wedding or to be part of a fancy bouquet. She will be able to bring joy and delight to humans. Then something horrible happens. A gust of wind sweeps her away and carries her to a dry and deserted place. Lily starts crying tears of seeds. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life here. What she doesn't know is that she has a unique mission, and it begins at this exact moment. What can Lily's purpose be?
Lily
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Author : Marcia Reiss
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Lily written by Marcia Reiss and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with Nature categories.
The lily is a flower of contradictions. It represents both life and death, appearing at weddings and funerals. In their pure white form, lilies are a symbol of innocence, chastity, and purity of heart, but in contrast, the highly fragrant and intensely colored orange lilies symbolize passion. In Lily, Marcia Reiss explores these paradoxes, tracing the flower’s cultural significance in art, literature, religion, and popular entertainment throughout history. Reiss journeys from the tomb carvings of ancient Egypt to the paintings of Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Salvador Dalí, exploring the lily as a subject of fascination and obsession. Unearthing many absorbing facts and fables about the blossom, she examines its use in cuisine and reveals them to have been a source of food and medicine in China for centuries. While Reiss focuses her attention on true lilies and the ornamental hybrids breeders have derived from them, she also provides extensive information about a wide variety of popular lilies, including daylilies, lilies of the valley, water lilies, and calla lilies. Filled with striking illustrations of these gorgeous plants, Lily is a book for gardeners and lily admirers alike.
The Parable Of The Lily
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Author : Liz Curtis Higgs
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2007-02-04
The Parable Of The Lily written by Liz Curtis Higgs and has been published by Thomas Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Maggie, the farmer's youngest daughter, loves getting gifts, especially mysterious ones. One wintry day, she receives a package in the mail. She excitedly opens the package to find a bulb buried in a crate of dirt. This was not what Maggie expected. She had hoped for a doll or a game, not a bulb that would one day become a plant. When spring comes, she finds the bulb in the cellar and tosses the lifeless thing into the garden, never to think of it again. . . . Until she walks outside on Easter morning and finds the most beautiful lily she has ever seen. Through the unique gift of a bulb, Maggie discovers the power of grace and forgiveness and the true meaning of Easter.
Lily In Full Bloom
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Author : Laura Driscoll
language : en
Publisher: RH/Disney
Release Date : 2010
Lily In Full Bloom written by Laura Driscoll and has been published by RH/Disney this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fairies categories.
This blooming good story is the 18th book in our popular Disney Fairies chapter book series, which features Tinker Bell's adventures in Never Land with her fairy friends. Lily has always thought of herself as a garden-talent fairy first and foremost. But after Tink challenges the other talents to think up new ideas, Lily discovers she's pretty good at inventing things, too, like her new flowers, the panglories. They grow anywhere--in dirt, on wood, even on rocks! But then little gray spots pop up, first on the panglories, then on other flowers, until all the plants in Pixie Hollow start losing their colors. Can Lily invent a way out of this new fix?
Lilly And The Talking Flower
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Author : Zaharoula Sarakinis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Lilly And The Talking Flower written by Zaharoula Sarakinis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with categories.
Lilies
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Author : Henry Sherman Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Lilies written by Henry Sherman Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Lilies categories.
The Flower That Wouldn T Grow
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Author : Victoria Anne D'Anna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-02-23
The Flower That Wouldn T Grow written by Victoria Anne D'Anna and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-23 with categories.
Lily feels like a weed in a garden full of flowers. She has no petals, just a little green sprout right on the top of her head. The other flowers tease Lily for being a late bloomer. Worried she will never grow, Lily leaves the garden in search of the perfect place to be planted. But Lily soon realizes that dirt isn't always richer in someone else's garden.
In Defense Of Plants
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Author : Matt Candeias
language : en
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Release Date : 2021-03-16
In Defense Of Plants written by Matt Candeias and has been published by Mango Media Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Science categories.
The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.