Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. CHAPTER 1. Disorderly Flowers 1
5. CHAPTER 2. Refashioning the Culture of Flowers in Early Modern France 32
6. CHAPTER 3. Cultivating the Flower 55
7. CHAPTER 4. Cultivating the Man 89
8. CHAPTER 5. Cultivating the King 137
9. Epilogue 197
10. APPENDIX A. Extract of the Inventory . . . by Sieur Cottereau of Flowering Plants and Bulbs that He Offers to Furnish for the Gardens of the Royal Households 203
11. APPENDIX B. Plants Included in Jean Donneau de Visé’s Histoire de Louis le Grand 209
12. Notes 211
13. Bibliography 293
14. Index 323
15. Acknowledgments 329