The brother gardeners, botany, empire and the birth of an obsession, Andrea Wulf
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The brother gardeners, botany, empire and the birth of an obsession, Andrea Wulf
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and index
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non fiction
Main title
The brother gardeners
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bibliography
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Andrea Wulf
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botany, empire and the birth of an obsession
Summary
In 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped two boxes of precious American plants and seeds to Peter Collinson in London. Around these men formed the nucleus of a botany movement, which included famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus; Philip Miller, bestselling author of The Gardeners Dictionary; and Joseph Banks and David Solander, two botanist explorers, who scoured the globe for plant life aboard Captain Cook?s Endeavor. As they cultivated exotic blooms from around the world, they helped make Britain an epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. The Brother Gardeners paints a vivid portrait of an emerging world of knowledge and gardening as we know it today
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