Hortus kewensis, or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton, Gardener to His Majesty
- Bib ID:
- 2948024
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Aiton, William, 1731-1793
- Description:
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- London: Printed for George Nicol, 1789
- 3 v (xxx, 496 p., 6 leaves of plates (3 folded) ; 460 p., 4 leaves of plates (1 folded ); 547 p., 3 folded leaves of plates); 22 cm. (8vo)
- Full contents:
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- v.1. Monandria - Heptandria
- v.2. Octandria-Monadelphia.
- v.3. Diadelphia - Cryptogamia.
- Notes:
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- Published under the aegis of Sir Joseph Banks. Includes thirteen engraved plates after Bauer, Ehret, Sowerly and others. Most of the important botanical descriptions are by Banks' librarians Solander and Dryander. Aiton was head gardener at Kew and probably had little to do with preparing the text.
- "Books quoted": v. 1, p. [xv]-xl. Includes index.
- Cited In:
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- Henrey, 413
- Nissen, B319
- Jill. Flower chain, Of the 5600 plants listed, only eight are Australian and only two, Casuarina torulosa and Pouteria sericea came from the Endeavour voyage. p. 93
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- Also Titled:
- Catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew
- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1825
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1789
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