Author(s): Mendonça de Carvalho, Luís ; Fernandes, Francisca Maria ; Nunes, Maria de Fatima ; Brigola, João
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10072
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
Subject(s): cultural and social history; history of science; Parma violets; United Kingdom; France
Abstract. Scented cultivars of Parma violets were among the most important urban plants during the nineteenth century, with many references in literature, fashion, art and flower trade. Our research analyzed data related to Parma violets in France and in the United Kingdom and presents the cultivars introduced during the nineteenth century.
