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Gardens of Empire: Botanical Institutions of the Victorian British Empire [Hardcover]

Donal P. McCracken (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1997 | ISBN-10: 0718501098 | ISBN-13: 978-0718501099 | Edition: First Edition

In 1880 the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew described a botanic garden as "a garden in which a vast assemblage of plants from every accessible part of the Earth's surface is systematically cultivated". By then botanic gardens had existed in Europe for over three and a quarter centuries, had established themselves as an acceptable part of the urban environment, and become the recipients of a flood of vegetation from overseas. By the time of Queen Victoria's death in 1901, botanic gardens were an integral part of empire and four of the greatest of them - those at Calcutta, Pamplemousse on Mauritius, Peradeniya on Ceylon and Trinidad - carried the prefix "Royal Botanic Gardens". This book is a thematic history of the imperial network of these gardens which had its informal centre at Kew.

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Hardcover: 242 pages
Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd); First Edition edition (July 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0718501098
ISBN-13: 978-0718501099
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds

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The book is one the best , if not the best available about the history of british empire gardens. The information are very well organized and after finnish reading it, I wanted to go back in time and visit some of the gardens described.
It is really a must for all of us who enjoy history and botany.

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