Judith M Taylor, a retired Oxford-trained neurologist, now practices history without a license in San Francisco. She has published several books, most recently The Global Migrations of Ornamental Plants: How the World Got into Your Garden (2009). The begonia story is part of a future book on plant breeders and their obsessions.
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Origin & Spreading of the Cultivated Chrysanthemum
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Early California Gardens
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The Begonia in California, Part 2: The Begoniacs
The Marigold in California
The Begonia in California, Part 1
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