Nature displaced, nature displayed : order and beauty in botanical gardens /
Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2011.
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| Series: | Tauris historical geography series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how the design and display of such gardens was not determined by scientific principles alone. Through a study of three botanical gardens - belonging to the University of Cambridge, the Royal Dublin Society, and the Belfast Natural History Society - the author shows how the final outcome involved a compl. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857720009 0857720007 1283293269 9781283293266 9781848857124 1848857128 9780857735478 0857735470 9780755622856 0755622855 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9780755622856 |