Nature's alchemist : John Parkinson, herbalist to Charles I / Anna Parkinson.

By:

Parkinson, Anna

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Frances Lincoln, 2007.Edition: 1st Frances Lincoln edDescription: 335 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cmISBN:

9780711227675
0711227675

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LOC classification:

RS164 .P37 2007

NLM classification:

2008 C-647
WZ 100

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Summary: John Parkinson inspired Anna Parkinson from an early age. Who was this man who wrote so engagingly about plants? Was he a relation, as her father believed? And why was so little known about a man who was a key influence on the flowering of English garden in the 17th century? Intrigued, she set out to find the answers.

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Lending Books	Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves	QK31.P27 P27 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39352800174385

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.

John Parkinson inspired Anna Parkinson from an early age. Who was this man who wrote so engagingly about plants? Was he a relation, as her father believed? And why was so little known about a man who was a key influence on the flowering of English garden in the 17th century? Intrigued, she set out to find the answers.

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