Botanical Riches

Stories of Botanical Exploration
by Richard Aitken

In this pictorial history of plant exploration and cultivation, Richard Aitken chronicles the adventures of remarkable plant hunters and botanists through the ages and vividly showcases the beauty of flora from around the globe in more than 300 lush color photographs, engravings, lithographs, and hand-colored illustrations, taken from the rare botanical book collection of Australia's State Library of Victoria.

The botanical riches of this book are twofold. This is firstly a book about plants themselves, and the story of their exploration, appreciation, introduction, and cultivation. But it is equally about the library of books that document this botanical exploration and appreciation of plants, and the history and craft of botanical illustration. Botanical Riches is a work that will appeal to a wide range of gardeners and readers interested in the history of plants.

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