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This beautifully illustrated book examines the changing role of the garden and its plants in Britain from the early sixteenth to the late nineteenth century. A showcase for rarely seen botanical illustrations from Oxford libraries and herbaria, among the best in the world, this is a fascinating book for plant enthusiasts and gardeners.

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This beautifully illustrated book examines the role of the garden in Britain, from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. In doing so, the whole world is involved as plants are discovered and brought into use for medicinal and commercial purposes. The discovery of seed development, Darwin's influence, the removal of mysticism, and the development of glass houses brought an understanding of how plants grow. . . . The book includes wonderful lithographs and reproductions of early rare manuscripts. Planting paradise is worthy of study. --Adele Kleine Chicago Botanic Garden

The book provides a historical perspective on the development of botany until the emergence of modern genetics, and explores how humankind has sought to discover, understand and use our planet's plants for subsistence, health, wealth, and pleasure. --Oxford Times (UK) This beautifully illustrated book examines the role of the garden in Britain, from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. In doing so, the whole world is involved as plants are discovered and brought into use for medicinal and commercial purposes. The discovery of seed development, Darwin's influence, the removal of mysticism, and the development of glass houses brought an understanding of how plants grow. . . . The book includes wonderful lithographs and reproductions of early rare manuscripts. Planting paradise is worthy of study. --Adele Kleine Chicago Botanic Garden

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Stephen Harris is Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria, and University Research Lecturer at Green College

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