Description
Clarkson Potter, Published 2002. Hardcover, 95 pp.; 27 cm; First Edition; illustrated throughout with color photographs.
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Green paper over boards with white and purple lettering to front and spine. Mild shelf and edge wear to boards. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket featuring a photographic close-up of a red-and-white striped amaryllis against a dark green ground. A few small edge nicks and light creasing to jacket edges; mild overall shelf wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Contents include: Introduction: In a Quiet Light; Amaryllis Through the Centuries (A History of Hippeastrum); Making Magic (Amaryllis Care and Cultivation); Inside Amaryllis (The Anatomy and Propagation of Hippeastrum); What's in a Name? (A Glossary of Hippeastrum Hybrids); Sources; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments. Award-winning photographer Starr Ockenga presents a comprehensive exploration of the amaryllis (Hippeastrum), drawn from the season she spent growing more than ninety varieties in her upstate New York greenhouse. Her photographs trace the flower from papery bulb to glorious bloom and capture the extraordinary range of color and form across cultivars, from the iridescent velvety-red "Basuto" to the brilliantly striped "Jaguar." Combines practical guidance on storage, propagation, and hybridization with historical background, horticultural requirements, and an illustrated glossary of almost 100 varieties.