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Genus Cyclamen: Science, Cultivation, Art and Culture

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A celebration of cyclamen published by Kew in association with The Cyclamen Society, featuring botanical art by Pandora Sellars and Christabel King.

Editor: Brian Mathew. 600pp. 700+ colour photos. 25 colour plates. Hardback, ISBN 9781842464724, Kew Publishing in association with The Cyclamen Society 2013.

This book is a celebration of cyclamen, a genus of only 23 species popular amongst gardeners, growers, botanists and enthusiasts alike. Native to parts of Europe, western Asia and parts of North Africa; cyclamen are also highly cultivated plants. This new work contains a wealth of information gleaned from the practical experiences of the Cyclamen Society and other cyclamen experts, on both plants in the wild and in cultivation.

Genus Cyclamen covers the botany of all taxa, including taxonomic description, flowering period, distribution and habitat based on scientific studies and fieldwork by cyclamen experts. Information is provided on cyclamen cultivation and propagation, with dedicated sections on cultivation in North America, Japan and Australasia. Other chapters cover the history of cyclamen, including a review of its use in botanical art from 1st Century AD to present, cyclamen in literature, and the use of cyclamen in ceramics, pottery, glassware, stamps, jewellery and postcards. The text is illustrated throughout with over 700 colour photographs and illustrations and 25 newly commissioned paintings of each of the species.

Garden Media Guild Awards: Finalist: Reference Book of the Year 2013 | The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Awards: Nominated titles: 2014 awards

Media reviews:

... a great deal of factual infilling aided by numerous observations of the species in the field and in cultivation... This absorbing book will be eagerly sought by Cyclamen aficionados. Christopher Grey-Wilson, The Garden, November 2013

 

Brian Mathew is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and previously a plant taxonomist at Kew where he was a specialist in petaloid monocotyledons. He is former editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine and has authored many publications, including monographs of Crocus, Iris and Helleborus, and more recently Cyclamen of Turkey (Cyclamen Society, 2001), Bulbs - The Four Seasons (Pavilion, 1998) and Growing Bulbs (Batsford, 1997). He has been awarded an MBE and the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour.

The Cyclamen Society exists to encourage cultivation and conservation, and to disseminate and extend knowledge of the genus Cyclamen and its species, forms and cultivars. It combines scientific study with all the activities of a society for enthusiasts who cultivate the plants. The Society was formed in the UK in January 1977 and now has over 1200 members worldwide.

http://www.cyclamen.org

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