{"id":838,"date":"2013-05-18T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2013-05-18T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:39:12","slug":"immortalising-spring-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/immortalising-spring-flowers\/uncategorized\/","title":{"rendered":"Immortalising spring flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_839\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/immortalising-spring-flowers\/clouded-yellow1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-839\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-839\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clouded-yellow1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"clouded-yellow1\" width=\"370\" height=\"587\" class=\"size-full wp-image-839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clouded-yellow1.jpg 370w, https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clouded-yellow1-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clouded-yellow1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Primula Auricula 'Clouded Yellow', from http:\/\/auriculasuite.net\/the-flowers\/\\<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe arrival of the English spring (slightly delayed) reminds us how much flowers of all kinds were appreciated in the past for their ephemeral beauty. Keen gardeners would invest significant resources in fostering delicate plants, building walled gardens and even &#8216;theatres&#8217; to shelter and display prized blooms. Plant breeding was a form of science open to all &#8211; and still is, with new varieties of tulips, auriculas and roses developed every year. The forms of flowers most appreciated in the past can be seen on luxurious textiles and ceramics, which offer permanent reminders of a fragile beauty.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_842\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/immortalising-spring-flowers\/1760s-waistcoat-1571-1904-2006bf0523_jpg_ds\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-842\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-842\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1760s-waistcoat-1571-1904-2006BF0523_jpg_ds.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1760s waistcoat 1571-1904 2006BF0523_jpg_ds\" width=\"355\" height=\"355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1760s-waistcoat-1571-1904-2006BF0523_jpg_ds.jpg 355w, https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1760s-waistcoat-1571-1904-2006BF0523_jpg_ds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1760s-waistcoat-1571-1904-2006BF0523_jpg_ds-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man's silk waistcoat, professionally embroidered in Lyon c1760 V&A 1571-1904<\/p><\/div> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival of the English spring (slightly delayed) reminds us how much flowers of all kinds were appreciated in the past for their ephemeral beauty. Keen gardeners would invest significant resources in fostering delicate plants, building walled gardens and even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/immortalising-spring-flowers\/uncategorized\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarerosehistory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}