Victoria: The Seductress - Tapa dura

Victoria had me in raptures from cover to cover. After learning about the lily s discovery and ingenious biology, it will be difficult to consider Victoria a mere plant and not a sheer phenomenon from now on. -- Fine Gardening "Fine Gardening, May 2013"

No horticultural collection should be without this sumptuous and vivid exploration, very highly recommended as one of the top botany books to appear in print in the last five years. -- Bookwatch "June 2013"

Victoria The Seductress is a sumptuously illustrated 468 page book that tells the fascinating story of the Victoria water lily and her discovery and introduction into cultivation. Written by Dr. Tomasz Aniko, international plant explorer and curator at Longwood, it presents a vivid portrait for garden enthusiast interested in natural and cultural history.*