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by Andrea Wulf
FORMAT: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780307454751
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ISBN: 9780307454751
Category: General
Format: Paperback / softback
Publication Date: 2010-03-09
Series: Vintage
Publisher: VINTAGE BOOKS USA
Illustrations: illustrations
Country of origin: United States
Pages: 354
Dimensions (mm): 202x141x20mm
Weight: 358g
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire And The Birth Of An Obession
Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America. 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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