From the Book - First edition.
Lusty ladies of the Enlightenment --
Orchids fit for a Chinese empress --
Orchids in the Tenderloin --
Rafinesque's strange collections --
science of freedom and Darwin's "Little Book on Orchids" --
Itinerant orchids, enslaved people --
Jane Loudon and her floriferous press --
flowers, fashion, and friendships of Empress Eugenie --
historian, the actor, and the healing of orchids --
Orchid art and conservation.
From the Book - First edition.
Lusty ladies of the Enlightenment --
Orchids fit for a Chinese empress --
Orchids in the Tenderloin --
Rafinesque's strange collections --
science of freedom and Darwin's "Little Book on Orchids" --
Itinerant orchids, enslaved people --
Jane Loudon and her floriferous press --
flowers, fashion, and friendships of Empress Eugenie --
historian, the actor, and the healing of orchids --
Orchid art and conservation.