Publication
Oneworld Publications (2021), 304 pages
ISBN
0861540522 / 9780861540525
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CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction 'A rose by any other name'
1 'Rosa': Meeting the Family
2 'There are many kindes of roses': Living with the Species and the 'Sports'
3 'Then bring me showers of roses, bring' Pagan Roses
4 'Rose Without Thorns' Monotheistic Roses
5 'And so I won my bright red rose' Love and the Rose
6 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may' Death and the Rose
7 'Dat Rosa Mel Apibus': Mystical Roses
8 'Oh Rose! Who dares to name thee?': Poetic Roses of the Nineteenth Century
9 'A Basket of Roses': Painted Roses
10 'Parks' Yellow Tea-Scented China' Eastern Roses Go West
11 'Pedigree Hybrids of the Tea Rose' Modern Roses
12 'The perfect rose is only a running flame' Modernist Roses
13 'What is the heart's goal when looking at the garden World?': Rose-Gardens and Gardening
14 'Rose N'Roses': The Rose Business
15 'Silronzem Rosea': The Rose, Today and Tomorrow
Conclusion 'Flower Power'
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index
Preface
Introduction 'A rose by any other name'
1 'Rosa': Meeting the Family
2 'There are many kindes of roses': Living with the Species and the 'Sports'
3 'Then bring me showers of roses, bring' Pagan Roses
4 'Rose Without Thorns' Monotheistic Roses
5 'And so I won my bright red rose' Love and the Rose
6 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may' Death and the Rose
7 'Dat Rosa Mel Apibus': Mystical Roses
8 'Oh Rose! Who dares to name thee?': Poetic Roses of the Nineteenth Century
9 'A Basket of Roses': Painted Roses
10 'Parks' Yellow Tea-Scented China' Eastern Roses Go West
11 'Pedigree Hybrids of the Tea Rose' Modern Roses
12 'The perfect rose is only a running flame' Modernist Roses
13 'What is the heart's goal when looking at the garden World?': Rose-Gardens and Gardening
14 'Rose N'Roses': The Rose Business
15 'Silronzem Rosea': The Rose, Today and Tomorrow
Conclusion 'Flower Power'
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index