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Fathers of Botany: The Discovery of Chinese Plants by European Missionaries

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Royal Botanic Gardens; 13 Oct 2014Description: 240 Pages; HardbackISBN:
  • 9781842465141
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.95
Summary: Many of the world's most renowned and exciting ornamental plants-including magnolias, roses, rhododendrons, tree peonies, lilies, and blue poppies-have their origins in China. In the mid-nineteenth century, professional plant hunters were dispatched by nurseries and botanic gardens to collect living botanical specimens from China for cultivation in Europe, and it is these adventurers and nurserymen who are often credited with the explosive bloom of Chinese flowers in the West. But as Jane Kilpatrick shows in Fathers of Botany, the first Westerners to come upon and document this bounty were in fact cut from a different cloth: the clergy.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 581.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Science PKLC007030
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 581.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC007727
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Many of the world's most renowned and exciting ornamental plants-including magnolias, roses, rhododendrons, tree peonies, lilies, and blue poppies-have their origins in China. In the mid-nineteenth century, professional plant hunters were dispatched by nurseries and botanic gardens to collect living botanical specimens from China for cultivation in Europe, and it is these adventurers and nurserymen who are often credited with the explosive bloom of Chinese flowers in the West. But as Jane Kilpatrick shows in Fathers of Botany, the first Westerners to come upon and document this bounty were in fact cut from a different cloth: the clergy.

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