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Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: A Brief History - Paperback / softback NEW Ha
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- The Bodleian Library
- Weight
- 526grams
- Subjects
- Home & Garden, Gardening, General
- Pages
- 144
- Size
- 22 x 17.3 centimetres (0.43 kg)
- Publication Date
- 31/03/2017
- ISBN
- 9781851244652
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: a Brief History
- Item Height
- 220mm
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Topic
- Gardening
- Item Width
- 173mm
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621. Conceived as a place to grow medicinal plants, born in the turmoil of civil war and nurtured during the restoration of the monarchy, the garden has, unsurprisingly, a curious past. By tracing the work and priorities of each of the garden's keepers, this book explores its importance as one of the world's oldest scientific plant collections. It tells the story of the planting of the garden by its first keeper, Jacob Bobart, and his son, together with how they changed the garden to suit their own needs. The story develops during the eighteenth century as the garden grew exotic plants under glass and acquired a fine succulent collection but then experienced a downturn under the stewardship of the eccentric Professor Humphrey Sibthorp (famous for giving just one lecture in thirty-seven years). Finally, the narrative throws light on the partnership of gardener William Baxter and academic Charles Daubeny in the early nineteenth century, which gave the garden its glasshouses and ponds and contributed to its survival to the present day. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts.
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Publisher
Bodleian Library
ISBN-13
9781851244652
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: a Brief History
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Gardening
Publication Year
2017
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
220mm
Item Width
173mm
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United Kingdom
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