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The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession

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The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession

From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, a fascinating look at theÂ 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.
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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 Cookâ‚¬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.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 307454754
Color Black
Height 7.96
Length 5.16
Weight 0.80027801106
Width 0.77
ReleaseDate 2010-03-09
NumberOfItems 1

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