The volume traces the fundamental stages of the transition from wild roses to cultivated roses, taking as a starting point the systematics of the genus Rosa and linking it to a thousand stories concerning plant hunters, breeders, geographic explorations, the work of scholars and gardeners, enthusiasts, collectors. This book also offers some information on the use of the rose in gardening, cooking and medicine, as well as a large iconography created mostly in the Florence Botanical Garden, a glossary of technical terms and identification elements for horticultural roses.
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
Le rose in fila
Book Subtitle
Rose selvatiche e coltivate: una storia che parte da lontano
Authors
Franca Vittoria Bessi, Marina Clauser
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
280
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-696-5
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-695-8
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-696-5
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-147-9
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919