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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2011
      04 June 1981
      ISBN:
      9780511702037
      9781108002301
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511702037
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      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.22kg, 144 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
      Subjects:
      Plant Sciences, History of Science, Life Sciences, General, General Science
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
    Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, History of Science, Life Sciences, General, General Science
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    Originally published in 1981, this generously illustrated volume marked the 150th anniversary of the acquisition by the University of Cambridge of the site for its 'New Botanic Garden'. Written by a distinguished authority on British and European plants, the book honours the eminent scientists and key ideas that have been most influential not only in the history of the Botanic Gardens but also in guiding the development of botany itself from the foundations laid by John Ray in the mid-seventeenth century. It also includes rarely seen archival material . The core theme of the book is whole-plant botany, as distinct from cell biology or the study of the 'lower plants' (bacteria and fungi). Relatively little emphasis is given to genetics, plant physiology or ecology. The reader is nevertheless richly rewarded by this engaging and erudite account of Cambridge botany over more than three centuries.

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