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Passion for Peonies : : Celebrating the Culture and Conservation of Nichols Arboretum's Beloved Flower

MICHENER, DAVID. Book - 2020 635.933 Pa, R 635.933 Pa, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Home & Garden / Flowers, Shrubs & Trees / Passion 5 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.8 out of 5

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum -- A Century of Blooms: A History of the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum / Robert Grese -- Sister Gardens and Peony Breeders across the Midwest -- Brook Lodge Gardens-Peonies / W.E. Upjohn, Commentary by David Michener -- Silvia Saunders: Positioning Hybrid Peonies for Public Acceptance / David Michener -- Edward Auten Jr.: Peonies That Are Different / David Michener -- Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas: Hidden in Plain Sight / David Michener -- Amateur Breeders and Peony Enthusiasts / Robert Grese
The Peony Garden at Fair Lane / Karen Marzonie -- Chicago Botanic Garden / Nina Koziol -- The Royal Botanical Gardens Peony Collection / Alex Henderson -- The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site's Peony Garden / Bethany Gosewehr -- The Peony Collection of the Montreal Botanical Garden / Stéphane Bailleul -- The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peony Collection / David Stevenson -- Sisson's Peony Gardens and Whistling Gardens / Emajean Westphal and Darren Heimbecker -- Appreciating Historic Herbaceous Peonies and Other Historic Garden Varieties -- History of the Peony / Brand Peony Farms
Historic Peonies in Early America / Peggy Cornett -- Conserving Beauty as Science / David Michener and Nastassia Vlasava -- Fragrant Peonies / Harvey Buchite -- The Art of Peony Hybridization / Don Hollingswoth -- The Enduring Value of Historic Peonies / Scott Kunst -- Peonies in Classic Garden Writing -- From The Book of the Peony / Alice Harding -- The Fascination of Peonies: Intimate Portraits of the Aristocrats of This Family by One Who Knows Them Well and Loves Them / Louisa Yeomans King -- Peonies in Arts and Culture
The Peony in Painting and Verse in China from the Eighth to the Thirteenth Centuries / Roslyn L. Hammers -- The Peony Emboldened: Inspired Visions of Floral Fortitude at the University of Michigan Museum of Art / Roslyn L. Hammers -- Notes -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments

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PUBLISHED
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0472037803
9780472037803

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Michener, David,
Grese, Robert,

SUBJECTS
Peonies -- Ann Arbor.
Peonies.