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The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 1670-1970
- Title
- The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 1670-1970, by Harold R. Fletcher, William H. Brown.
- Author
- Fletcher, Harold Roy.
- Publication
- Edinburgh, H.M.S.O., 1970.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QK73.E2 F55 1970 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 309 pages 24 plates (3 folded), illustrations, plans, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- "As unfolded by the authors of this informative and well-documented volume the story of Edingburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens becomes more than the story of an old foundation which now celebrates tercentenary. It tells of the lives of a long line of botanists, eleven professors in all, from the difficult and turbulent days of James Sutherland down to the more spacious times of William Wright Smith, all of them engaged in botanical teaching, and all of them, with varying accents, expounding the science of botany in College and University and in the field excursion. It tells also of the progress of botany during three centuries; of the exploration of the Scottish flora; of the work and careers of notable gardeners; and of the art and science of gardening itself." -- Taken from inside front jacket flap.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Note
- At head of title: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Part one: Materia medica and botany: Andrew Balfour, Robert Sibbald and Patrick Murray -- James Sutherland -- William Arthur -- Charles and George Preston -- Charles Alston -- Interlude to parts one and two -- Part two: Botany at Leith Walk: Johm Hope -- Daniel Rutherford and his gardeners -- William McNab -- Interlude to parts two and three -- Robert Graham -- The Botanical Society of Edingburgh -- John Hutton Balfour -- J. H. Balfour, James McNab and John Sadler -- The garden in 1870 -- The working men versus the Sabbath alliance -- Interlude to parts three and four -- Part four: Under the crown: Alexander Dickson and his curators -- Isaac Bayley Balfour -- Bayley Balfour and the Sino-Himalaya -- William Wright Smith -- New buildings -- The garden in 1970.
- ISBN
- 0114904251
- 9780114904258
- LCCN
- 71523001
- OCLC
- ocm00106920
- 106920
- SCSB-283524
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library