The origin of plants : the people and plants that have shaped Britain's garden history since the year 1000 /
Campbell-Culver, Maggie.
The origin of plants : the people and plants that have shaped Britain's garden history since the year 1000 / Maggie Campbell-Culver. - London : Headline, 2001. - 260p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), col. maps, col. plan, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249) and index.
In AD 1000, Britain had only a few hundred indigenous plants, & many of the species we take for granted in our gardens & parks today were as yet unknown in the UK. This text provides the provenance & often strange stories of many of these plants.
9780747272144 (hbk.) : £25.00
Botany--History.--Great Britain
Botanists--Great Britain.
Plants--Origin.
Popular Science and Mathematics.
QK306
581.941
The origin of plants : the people and plants that have shaped Britain's garden history since the year 1000 / Maggie Campbell-Culver. - London : Headline, 2001. - 260p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), col. maps, col. plan, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249) and index.
In AD 1000, Britain had only a few hundred indigenous plants, & many of the species we take for granted in our gardens & parks today were as yet unknown in the UK. This text provides the provenance & often strange stories of many of these plants.
9780747272144 (hbk.) : £25.00
Botany--History.--Great Britain
Botanists--Great Britain.
Plants--Origin.
Popular Science and Mathematics.
QK306
581.941