| Edition |
1st Vintage books ed. |
| Description |
x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-333) and index. |
| Note |
Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2008. |
| Summary |
Follows the lives of botany enthusiasts, Peter Collinson, John Bartram, Philip Miller, Carl Linnaeus, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, whose shared passion for plants gave rise to the English love affair with gardens. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Roots. "Forget not Mee & My Garden" -- "The bright beam of gardening" -- "My harmless sexual system" -- "Pray go very Clean, neat & handsomely Dressed to Virginia" -- pt. 2. Growth. "All gardening is landscape-painting" -- "Send no Seeds for him...all is att an End" -- "Commonwealth of Botany" -- The English are all, more or less, gardeners" -- See what a complete empire we have now got within ourselves" -- pt. 3. Harvest. "Ye who o'er Southern Oceans wander" -- "An Academy of Natural History" -- "As good-humoured a nondescript Otatheitan as ever!" -- "Loves of the Plants" -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Horticulturists -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Plant collectors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Gardening -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Botany -- History -- 18th century.
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Bartram, John, 1699-1777 -- Influence.
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Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 -- Influence.
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Bartram, John, 1699-1777. (OCoLC)fst00005961
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Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768. (OCoLC)fst00303436
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Botany. (OCoLC)fst00836869
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Gardening. (OCoLC)fst00937852
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Horticulturists. (OCoLC)fst00960838
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Plant collectors. (OCoLC)fst01065336
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780307454751 |
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0307454754 |
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