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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wulf, Andrea, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, [2010]
Edition:1st Vintage books edition
Subjects and Genres:
Bartram, John, > 1699-1777 > Influence.
Collinson, Peter, > 1694-1768 > Influence.
Bartram, John, > 1699-1777.
Collinson, Peter, > 1694-1768.
1700-1799
Horticulturists > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Plant collectors > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Gardening > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Botany > History > 18th century.
Horticulteurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Plantes > Collectionneurs et collections > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Botany.
Gardening.
Horticulturists.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Plant collectors.
Great Britain.
History.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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