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Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike.

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"A rich tapestry of texts and citations from the period that will probably not be superseded for a long time to come." * American Historical Review *

Table of Contents

Ch. 1. Disorderly flowers
Floral seduction: death, sex, and flowers
Trading on the power of flowers
Ch. 2. Refashioning the culture of flowers in early modern France
Curiosity and flowers
The sweet society of the curious florists
Ch. 3. Cultivating the flower
The florists' flowers
Unlocking the door to the temple of flora
Ch. 4. Cultivating the man
The theater of the goddess of flowers
Nature into art
"Jardin d'Hyver," or flowers in print
Ch. 5. Cultivating the king
Royal precedents
Flowers in the garden of Louis XIV
Floral mercantilism
Flowers and the "Histoire du Roi"
Appendices
A. Extract of the inventory by . . . Sieur Cottereau of flowering plants and bulbs that he offers to furnish for the gardens of the royal households
B. Plants included in Jean Donneau de Vise's Histoire de Louis le Grand

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      Publisher MT - University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 4 April 2005
      ISBN-13 9780812238266
      978-0812238266
      ISBN-10 0812238265
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      Commercial horticulture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike.

      Trade Review
      "A rich tapestry of texts and citations from the period that will probably not be superseded for a long time to come." * American Historical Review *

      Table of Contents

      Ch. 1. Disorderly flowers
      Floral seduction: death, sex, and flowers
      Trading on the power of flowers
      Ch. 2. Refashioning the culture of flowers in early modern France
      Curiosity and flowers
      The sweet society of the curious florists
      Ch. 3. Cultivating the flower
      The florists' flowers
      Unlocking the door to the temple of flora
      Ch. 4. Cultivating the man
      The theater of the goddess of flowers
      Nature into art
      "Jardin d'Hyver," or flowers in print
      Ch. 5. Cultivating the king
      Royal precedents
      Flowers in the garden of Louis XIV
      Floral mercantilism
      Flowers and the "Histoire du Roi"
      Appendices
      A. Extract of the inventory by . . . Sieur Cottereau of flowering plants and bulbs that he offers to furnish for the gardens of the royal households
      B. Plants included in Jean Donneau de Vise's Histoire de Louis le Grand

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