The Genus Lavandula

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The most comprehensive and authoritative account of lavenders to be published to date; focusing on their worldwide importance as garden plants, and as a mainstay of the perfumery and aromatherapy industries. A volume in the Botanical Magazine Monograph series the book also includes 31 full page botanical paintings from leading artists.

About the Book:

Authors: Tim Upson, Susyn Andrews.

456pp. 246 x 190mm.

Hardback with jacket, ISBN 9781842460108, Kew Publishing 2004.

The most comprehensive and authoritative account of lavenders to be published to date; focusing on their worldwide importance as garden plants, and as a mainstay of the perfumery and aromatherapy industries. 39 species, numerous hybrids and almost 400 cultivars are described, bringing together taxonomy, distribution, history and cultivation. Illustrated with 31 full page colour paintings, numerous colour photographs, line drawings and distribution maps.

About the Authors:

Dr Tim Upson: Superintendent of the University of Cambridge’s 40 acre Botanic Garden, trained as a horticulturalist at Kew and then went on to undertake a doctorate on lavender at the University of Reading. He has published many papers and popular articles on lavenders and is widely recognised as a leading authority who combines academic acumen with practical expertise and skill.

Susyn Andrews: recently of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a world-leading horticultural taxonomist and was the co-founder and Chairman of the Horticultural Taxonomy Group (HORTAX). She has published over 150 scientific papers and articles, was the senior editor of Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants (1999), has sat on the ISHS Commission for Nomenclature and Registration, is an Honorary Research Associate at Kew, and currently serves on several scientific and horticultural committees. An enthusiastic gardener, her main interests are temperate and subtropical woody plants and her passion for lavenders stretches back 15 years.

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