Potter, J. The Rose. Pub. Callisto. 2010
pp.xxi, 520 with colour plates and other text figs. throughout. 4to. A new hdbk. in new dw. In-print at £30.00.
In ‘The Rose’, acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter shows what exactly gives this most fragrant flower its potency in societies around the world. The story begins in the Greek and Roman Empires moving through time and around the world, ending up with ‘Rose Mania’ in the mid to late nineteenth century.
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