Tulipa : A
Photographer's Botanical
by Christopher Baker (Photographer), et al
Inspired by seventeenth and eighteenth-century botanical engravings, photographer
Christopher Baker set out to revisit the beauty and detail of these drawings in a
different medium. With camera in tow, he spent eight months in the bulb fields of Holland,
photographing the most outstanding cultivated and species tulips. Working with renowned
bulb expert and grower Willem Lemmers, who hand-picked and approved every tulip
photographed, Christopher Baker was able to capture each flower at the peak of its
perfection.
The result is an art book with a mission: Exquisite to look at, Tulipa, is also the
ultimate authority on cultivated and species tulips. Mr. Lemmers, a third-generation bulb
grower, tells the stories behind five hundred tulips: their parentage and origins, and the
growers who bred them. Each tulip profile includes the tulip's registered name and
synonyms, a description of its characteristics, and its suitability for the garden and for
forcing. Mr. Lemmers also provides a definitive and up-to-date explanation of the most
recent classification of tulips, as well as a look at the classification system's
fascination four-hundred-year history. The Publisher
Hardcover - 296 pages (November 1999)
Artisan; ISBN: 1579651224
Tulips for American
Gardens
by Brent Heath, Becky Heath
(Hardcover - October 2001)
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Tulips
by Emelie Tolley, Chris Mead
Anyone who has witnessed the blinding spring beauty of a tulip field in full bloom can
understand the devotion that this colorful flower inspires. From its origins as a
wildflower of central Asia, it's captured the hearts of gardeners and collectors for 500
years. Millions of bulbs are cultivated throughout Europe, Australia, the U.S., and Japan
each year; there are now more than 3,000 named varieties in every shade of the rainbow
except blue and black. Tulips shows off many of the more unusual types, and
highlights the flower's fascinating history, which rivals that of most gemstones for tales
of incredible fortunes made and lost. Some readers may be surprised to hear that all parts
of the tulip are edible, and the back of the book includes several tips for adding color
to fruit salads and desserts, as well as instructions for craft items such as
tulip-stenciled place mats and a tulip-print lampshade. With a small package of bulbs, it
would make an especially wonderful autumn gift for any plant lover. Amazon.com
Hardcover - 64 pages (February 1998)
Clarkson Potter; ISBN: 0609601326
The Tulip
by Anna Pavord
In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs fetched a
staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's money. Tulipomania had
reached its height, and its story is told in just one of the fascinating sections of Anna
Pavord's wonderful book on this most seductive of flowers. Amazon.com
Hardcover - 448 pages (February 1999)
Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA; ISBN: 1582340137
Tulipomania : The
Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
by Mike Dash
Paperback - 273 pages (January 30, 2001)
Three Rivers Pr; ISBN: 060980765X
Totally
Tulips
by Matt Damsker (Paperback - March 1996)
Special Order
Tulips (Flowers)
by John F. Prevost
(School & Library Binding - May 1998)
Tulips
by Scott D. Appell (Introduction)
(Hardcover - June 1999)
