The brother gardeners : botany, empire, and the birth of an obsession /
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.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
[2010]
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Edition: | 1st Vintage books edition |
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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. |
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Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2008. |
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x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 21 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index. |
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9780307454751 0307454754 |