TY - BOOK AU - Cope,Thomas A. ED - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. TI - The wild flora of Kew Gardens: a cumulative checklist from 1759 SN - 9781842464014 AV - QK306 .C66 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Richmond, Surrey, UK PB - Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew KW - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew KW - Wild flowers KW - England KW - Surrey KW - Identification N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-16) and indexes N2 - "The Wild Flora of Kew Gardens: a cumulative checklist from 1759 details all plants that have ever been recorded growing in a wild state within the Gardens or its periphery (including the towpath, Kew Green, Old Deer Park), and all natives cultivated in formal beds or other plantings, either currently or in the past, for which there is reliable documentation, dating back to the first record of 1759. Nearly 2,000 taxa are included, with citation of literature records and herbarium specimens and accompanying colour photographs. The book notes the past and present distribution of wild species within the Gardens, and demonstrates the extent to which the wild flora of the Kew estate has changed over its 250 years"--Publisher's description ER -