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The brother gardeners : botany, empire, and the birth of an obsession / Andrea Wulf.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.Edition: 1st U.S edDescription: x, 354 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307270238
  • 0307270238
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB61 .W85 2009
Online resources: Summary: Follows the lives of six men (Joseph Banks, John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Carl Linnaeus, Philip Miller and Daniel Solander) who shared a passion for plants and a love of gardening in eighteenth-century London, who made Britain the epicenter of horticulture, and transformed gardening from an aristocratic pastime to a national obsession.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK26 .W85 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800063422
Total holds: 0

Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2008.

"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-333) and index.

Follows the lives of six men (Joseph Banks, John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Carl Linnaeus, Philip Miller and Daniel Solander) who shared a passion for plants and a love of gardening in eighteenth-century London, who made Britain the epicenter of horticulture, and transformed gardening from an aristocratic pastime to a national obsession.

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