Paperback • 2010 • English

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obession

Name: The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obession
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ISBN: 9780307454751

By Andrea Wulf

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About the book

From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature , a fascinating look at the men who made Britain teh center of the botanical world. 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 ...Show more

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ISBN

9780307454751

Publisher

Vintage Books USA

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obession

Format

Paperback

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