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100 1 $aWulf, Andrea.
245 14 $aThe brother gardeners :$bbotany, empire and the birth of an obsession /$cAndrea Wulf.
260 $aLondon :$bWilliam Heinemann,$c2008.
300 $a[xi], 356 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), plans ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIllustrated lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and index.
520 1 $a"One January morn ing in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram, his new contact in the American colonies. But it was not reels of wool or bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds..." "Over the next forry years, Bartram would send hundreds of American species to England, where Collinson was one of a handful of men who would foster a national obsession and change the gardens of Britain forever." "This is the story of these men - friends, rivals, enemies, united by a passion for planes - whose correspondence, collaborations and squabbles make for a tale which is set against the backdrop of the emerging empire, the uncharted world beyond and London as the capital of science."--BOOK JACKET.
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650 0 $aPlant collectors$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
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