Entrée principale:

Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901-1987.

Titre et auteur:

In for a penny : a prospect of Kew Gardens: their flora, fauna and falballas / Wilfrid Blunt.

Publication:

London : H. Hamilton, 1978.

Description:

xxi, 218 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Queen Caroline -- Thresher Duck -- Frederick and Augusta -- Augusta, Bute and George -- William Chambers -- The Exotick Garden and Arboretum -- George III, Charlotte and Joseph Banks -- Brief encounter -- Banksian collectors -- Decline and reprieve -- William Hooker -- Kew Redivivus -- Palm and temperate -- A vegetable wonder -- The herbarium -- Botanical artists -- A sudden shower -- Quinine and rubber -- Cambridge Cottage -- The conservatory range -- Joseph Hooker -- Joseph Hooker at war -- T-range -- Aunt Pop and other matters -- Dyer and Dallimore -- Kew, yesterday, today and tomorrow.

ISBN:

0241898234
9780241898239

Sujet:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Histoire.
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Thames
Jardins botaniques Angleterre Kew.
42.45 botanical gardens, herbariums.
Botanische tuinen.
Kew Gardens.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew History
arboreta
botanische tuinen
botanical gardens
ontwerp
design
tuinen
gardens
great britain
geschiedenis
history
Botanical Gardens, Herbaria
Botanische tuinen, herbaria

Classification/genre:

History (form)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 64428
Cote: PO2816; ID:85-B8695
Statut: Disponible