Tulipa
: A Photographer's Botanical
by Christopher Baker (Photographer), et al
Inspired by seventeenth and eighteenth-century botanical engravings,
photographer Christopher Baker set out to revisit the beauty and detail
of these drawings in a different medium. With camera in tow, he spent eight
months in the bulb fields of Holland, photographing the most outstanding
cultivated and species tulips. Working with renowned bulb expert and grower
Willem Lemmers, who hand-picked and approved every tulip photographed,
Christopher Baker was able to capture each flower at the peak of its perfection.
The result is an art book with a mission: Exquisite to look at, Tulipa
is also the ultimate authority on cultivated and species tulips. Mr. Lemmers,
a third-generation bulb grower, tells the stories behind five hundred tulips:
their parentage and origins, and the growers who bred them. Each tulip
profile includes the tulip's registered name and synonyms, a description
of its characteristics, and its suitability for the garden and for forcing.
Mr. Lemmers also provides a definitive and up-to-date explanation of the
most recent classification of tulips, as well as a look at the classification
system's fascination four-hundred-year history. The Publisher
Hardcover - 296 pages (November 1999)
Artisan; ISBN: 1579651224
Tulips
for American Gardens
by Brent Heath, Becky Heath
(Hardcover - October 2001)
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Tulips
by Emelie Tolley, Chris Mead
Anyone who has witnessed the blinding spring beauty of a tulip field
in full bloom can understand the devotion that this colorful flower inspires.
From its origins as a wildflower of central Asia, it's captured the hearts
of gardeners and collectors for 500 years. Millions of bulbs are cultivated
throughout Europe, Australia, the U.S., and Japan each year; there are
now more than 3,000 named varieties in every shade of the rainbow except
blue and black. Tulips shows off many of the more unusual types,
and highlights the flower's fascinating history, which rivals that of most
gemstones for tales of incredible fortunes made and lost. Some readers
may be surprised to hear that all parts of the tulip are edible, and the
back of the book includes several tips for adding color to fruit salads
and desserts, as well as instructions for craft items such as tulip-stenciled
place mats and a tulip-print lampshade. With a small package of bulbs,
it would make an especially wonderful autumn gift for any plant lover.
Amazon.com
Hardcover - 64 pages (February 1998)
Clarkson Potter; ISBN: 0609601326
The
Tulip
by Anna Pavord
In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs
fetched a staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's
money. Tulipomania had reached its height, and its story is told in just
one of the fascinating sections of Anna Pavord's wonderful book on this
most seductive of flowers. Amazon.com
Hardcover - 448 pages (February 1999)
Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA; ISBN: 1582340137
Tulipomania
: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary
Passions It Aroused
by Mike Dash
For history buffs or gardeners who enjoy more than just digging in
the dirt, Tulipomania presents a fascinating look at the tulip frenzy that
took place in Holland in the mid-1600s. Beginning as gifts given among
the wealthy and educated folk of Europe and Asia, the tulip rapidly became
a source of incredible financial gain--similar to today's Internet start-up
companies or Beanie Baby collections. Stories of craftsmen discontinuing
their trade and focusing on raising tulips for public auction, where they
sold for prices comparable to that of a manor house, are astonishing. Poets,
moralists, businessmen--it seems everyone was involved at some level.
Lack of regulation and poor quality control were just a couple of the
details that led to the abrupt crash in February 1637. Tulipomania was
the original market bust--people were ruined, debts went unpaid. It was
a disaster similar to the stock-market crash of 1929. A brief resurrection
of the mania occurred 65 years later in Istanbul, and while it was not
the financial obsession Holland experienced, it led to the creation of
standards in flower shape and increased the development of new types. You
don't need to be obsessed to enjoy this book--an interest in tulips, history,
and the futures market ensures that this will be a remarkable read. --Jill
Lightner - Amazon.com
Paperback - 273 pages (January 30, 2001)
Three Rivers Pr; ISBN: 060980765X
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Tulips
by Matt Damsker
(Paperback - March 1996)
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Tulips
(Flowers)
by John F. Prevost
(School & Library Binding - May 1998)
Tulips:
Facts and Folklore About the World's Most Planted Flower
by Sonia Day, Malak (Photographer) (Hardcover)
Tulips
by Scott D. Appell (Introduction)
(Hardcover - May 2002)
Tulips
by Scott D. Appell (Introduction)
(Hardcover - June 1999)
Tulips
by Peter Arnold (Photographer)
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