The bulb hunter /

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Author / Creator:	Wiesinger, Chris.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, 2013. ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (290 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	AgriLife Research and Extension Service series AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.
Subject:	Bulbs (Plants) -- Heirloom varieties -- Southern States. Bulbs (Plants) -- Heirloom varieties -- Propagation. Southern States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209387

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Other authors / contributors:	Welch, William C. (William Carlisle), 1939-
ISBN:	9781623490027 1623490022 9781603448215 1603448217
Notes:	Includes index. Print version record.
Summary:	Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store. The vintage specimens Wiesinger sought came from hardy, historic stock, adapted to human neglect and hot climates, reappearing faithfully over decades without care or cultivation. Traveling back roads, speaking to strangers, looking for the telltale color of a remnant iris or lily,
Other form:	Print version: Wiesinger, Chris. Bulb hunter. First edition. College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, ©2013 290 pages

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