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The wild & garden plants of Ireland / paintings by Wendy F. Walsh ; text by E. Charles Nelson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2009.Description: 279 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780500514566 (hbk.)
  • 0500514569 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Wild and garden plants of Ireland
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 758.42 22
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction.The Origins of Ireland's Wild and Garden Plants -- Ireland's Own -- Springtime Blossom -- In Plashy Places -- On the Brink -- The Burren's 'Alpine' Plants -- A Second Burren Trio -- Lusitanian Plants -- Kerry and Killarney -- Irish Heathers -- American Interlopers -- Ancient Northerners -- Doctor Molly -- Slieve Donard Nursery -- Rowallane's Findlings -- Glasnevin Connections -- From Great Gardens -- The Names of Places -- Various Variegations -- Plant Breeding -- Irish Daffodils -- Deliberately Raised Hybrids -- Rose-Bordered Hem -- Scottish Links -- Antipodean Plants -- Winter Garden -- A Dynasty of Moores -- Madden and Edgeworth -- Augustine Henry -- Chinese Collections -- Natives of the New World -- Everlasting Names -- Ladies as Collectors -- Something Old, Something New.
Summary: The jewel-like watercolors of renowned Irish botanical artist Wendy Walsh portray a personal selection of about 100 plants that grow wild in Ireland or are cultivated in Irish gardens. Presented in 33 thematic sections, Walsh's subjects range from well-loved and distinctive native plants to exotic species introduced from the New World and Asia, unusual plants that grow in some of the most extreme environments in Ireland, and striking hybrids created by plant breeders.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book State Botanical Collection RBG 758.42 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available RBG00010682

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction.The Origins of Ireland's Wild and Garden Plants -- Ireland's Own -- Springtime Blossom -- In Plashy Places -- On the Brink -- The Burren's 'Alpine' Plants -- A Second Burren Trio -- Lusitanian Plants -- Kerry and Killarney -- Irish Heathers -- American Interlopers -- Ancient Northerners -- Doctor Molly -- Slieve Donard Nursery -- Rowallane's Findlings -- Glasnevin Connections -- From Great Gardens -- The Names of Places -- Various Variegations -- Plant Breeding -- Irish Daffodils -- Deliberately Raised Hybrids -- Rose-Bordered Hem -- Scottish Links -- Antipodean Plants -- Winter Garden -- A Dynasty of Moores -- Madden and Edgeworth -- Augustine Henry -- Chinese Collections -- Natives of the New World -- Everlasting Names -- Ladies as Collectors -- Something Old, Something New.

The jewel-like watercolors of renowned Irish botanical artist Wendy Walsh portray a personal selection of about 100 plants that grow wild in Ireland or are cultivated in Irish gardens. Presented in 33 thematic sections, Walsh's subjects range from well-loved and distinctive native plants to exotic species introduced from the New World and Asia, unusual plants that grow in some of the most extreme environments in Ireland, and striking hybrids created by plant breeders.

RBG copy donated by the Estate of Anne Marie MacArthur, January 2019.

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