TY - BOOK AU - Parkinson,Anna TI - Nature's alchemist: John Parkinson, herbalist to Charles I SN - 9780711227675 AV - RS164 .P37 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Frances Lincoln KW - Parkinson, John, KW - Herbalists KW - England KW - Biography KW - Pharmacists KW - Gardeners N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index N2 - 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 UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=016285830&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -