The tulip /
Anna Pavord.
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, c1999.
- 439 p. : ill. (some col ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kirkus Starred. Pub Weekly.
A history of the tulip, discussing the political, social, economic, religious, intellectual, and cultural impact of the flower since it was discovered in Turkey and introduced to the world; and includes descriptions of eighty wild-species tulips and several hundred garden varieties.