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The Gardens of the Sun (Annotated)
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1847 in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England - 1905 in Dublin, Ireland) was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Burbidge was born in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, on March 21, 1847, the son of Thomas Burbidge, a farmer and fruit grower. Burbridge entered the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick as a student in 1868, and in the same year he went to the Royal Gardens, Kew. Here he showed skill as a draftsman and was used in part to draw pictures of plants in the herbarium. Leaving Kew in 1870, he was on the staff of the Garden from that year until 1877. In 1877, the Lords Veitch sent Burbidge as a collector to Borneo.He was absent for two years, during which he also visited Johore, Brunei and the Sulu Islands. He brought to Britain many remarkable plants, especially. Pitcher plants, such as "Nepenthes rajah" and "N. bicalcarata"; orchids, such as "Cypripedium laurenceanum", "Dendrobium burbidgei" and "Aerides burbidgei"; ferns, such as "Alsophila burbidgei" and "Polypodium burbidgei.
The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859–1909
The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859-1909: Darwinism's Generations uses the impact of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) in the 50 years after its publication to demonstrate the effectiveness of a generational framework for understanding the cultural and intellectual history of Britain in the nineteenth century. It challenges conventional notions of the 'Darwinian Revolution' by examining how people from across all sections of society actually responded to Darwin's writings. Drawing on the opinions and interventions of over 2,000 Victorians, drawn from an exceptionally wide range of archival and printed sources, it argues that the spread of Darwinian belief was...
Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives
Anne Troelstra’s fine bibliography is an outstanding and ground-breaking work. He has provided the academic world with a long-needed bibliographical record of human endeavour in the field of the natural sciences. The travel narratives listed here encompass all aspects of the natural world in every part of the globe, but are especially concerned with its fauna, flora and fossil remains. Such eyewitness accounts have always fascinated their readers, but they were never written solely for entertainment: fragmentary though they often are, these narratives of travel and exploration are of immense importance for our scientific understanding of life on earth, providing us with a window on an ever...
Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers
Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts.; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used s...
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