Potted History: How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes

by Catherine Horwood

Book Overview

In this fascinating book we learned how potted plants are as much subject to fashion as pieces of furniture. For the Victorians, it was the aspidistra in the front parlour, the Edwardians loved a palm, and, for today's millennials, no home is complete without the ubiquitous fiddle-leaf fig. This book show that there is little new when it comes to plants in the home. In the mid-18th century, Wedgwood created a market for special bulb pots and in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910258946
• ISBN13: 9781910258941
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Pimpernel Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"