Peter Collinson and the eighteenth-century natural history exchange / Jean O'Neill and Elizabeth P. McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Jean, 1915-2008.

Contributor:

McLean, Elizabeth P., 1930-

American Philosophical Society.

Series:

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 264.

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768.

Collinson, Peter.

Horticulturists--England--Biography.

Horticulturists.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 216 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2008.

Contents:

"In the great hive of London, like an industrious bee": a Quaker business background

"There is no end of the wonders in nature": learned societies, publications, and inklings of the enlightenment

"Our gardens will have more curious plants in them than ever": British-based botanists and horticulturists

"In hopes to improve, or at least adorn my country": eighteenth-century landscape

"My inclination does not flagg ... I endeavour to ... procure more": Colonial friends and correspondents

"Harvest and seed time": Peter Collinson and John Bartram

"Rare, curious & learned works": European friends and naturalists

"The glory of my garden & the trofies of friendship": Collinson's gardens at Peckham and Mill Hill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-195) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780871692641

0871692643

OCLC:

289095915