B0086 – The Rhododendron Story

200 Years of Plant Hunting and Garden Cultivation.
En meget spændende bog med 16 uafhængige artikler. Bogen er skrevet til dem, som er blevet grebet af arbejdet med rhododendron som amatør eller professionel; folk som får lyst til at vide mere om historien om denne planteslægt – en historie, hvis facetter er grundlaget for deres fascination.

INTRODUCED into the West in the 18th century, the rhododendron rapidly become fashionable both as an exotic stovehouse plant and as a denizen of the Victorian shrubbery. In the 19th century Joseph Hooker’s Himalayan species were extensively hybridized to produce such popular cultivars as ‘Pink Pearl’. In the 20th century intrepid collectors brought back another host of species from China with new and vivid colours. How the genus Rhododendron engaged the talents of generations of gardeners, landowners and botanists is told in this book marking half a century of the publication of the Rhododendron Year Book. The Year Book has kept an enthusiastic public up to date with information and guidance about the cultivation of the genus since 1946. It has been produced throughout that time by the Royal Horticultural Society with the Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia Group.