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• catalog abstract "Gardens of Empire is the first book which gives a detailed analysis of the foundation, extent, management and achievements of the 120 botanic gardens, herbaria and botanic stations - from Hong Kong to British Honduras, Malacca to the Gold Coast, Fiji to Malta, Jamaica to Sydney - which flourished in the Victorian British empire. There young British curators faced the hazards of malaria, blackwater fever, occasionally a hostile indigenous population, snakes and dangerous animals, personal penury, and jealous settlers who usually opposed any suggestion of diversification from monoculture or of preserving the natural bush for ecological reasons. This is the story of a lost world - where pith-helmeted botanists tamed jungles and supplied Kew with the flora of the empire.".
• catalog contributor b10423618.
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description "1. The growth of the empire's gardens. The jewels of Asia. Triumph in the Antipodes. Mixed success in Africa and the islands. The American patchwork -- 2. The botanic stations' experiment -- 3. The running of the imperial network -- 4. Taming the wilderness: the colonial botanic gardens -- 5. The functions of colonial botanic gardens. The economic function. The scientific function. Botanic gardens and society -- 6. The colonial curator -- App. I. Botanic gardens and stations of the British empire, pre-1902 -- App. II. Botanic gardens of the United Kingdom, pre-1902 -- App. III. Foreign botanic gardens, pre-1902 -- App. IV. Foreign colonial botanic gardens and stations, pre-1902.".
• catalog description "Gardens of Empire is the first book which gives a detailed analysis of the foundation, extent, management and achievements of the 120 botanic gardens, herbaria and botanic stations - from Hong Kong to British Honduras, Malacca to the Gold Coast, Fiji to Malta, Jamaica to Sydney - which flourished in the Victorian British empire. There young British curators faced the hazards of malaria, blackwater fever, occasionally a hostile indigenous population, snakes and dangerous animals, personal penury, and jealous settlers who usually opposed any suggestion of diversification from monoculture or of preserving the natural bush for ecological reasons. This is the story of a lost world - where pith-helmeted botanists tamed jungles and supplied Kew with the flora of the empire.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-233) and index.".
• catalog extent "x, 242 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Gardens of empire.".
• catalog identifier "0718501098 (hardcover)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Gardens of empire.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London ; Washington [D.C.] : Leicester University Press,".
• catalog relation "Gardens of empire.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain Colonies".
• catalog subject "580/.74/4171241 20".
• catalog subject "Botanical gardens Great Britain Colonies History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "QK73.G7 M38 1997".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The growth of the empire's gardens. The jewels of Asia. Triumph in the Antipodes. Mixed success in Africa and the islands. The American patchwork -- 2. The botanic stations' experiment -- 3. The running of the imperial network -- 4. Taming the wilderness: the colonial botanic gardens -- 5. The functions of colonial botanic gardens. The economic function. The scientific function. Botanic gardens and society -- 6. The colonial curator -- App. I. Botanic gardens and stations of the British empire, pre-1902 -- App. II. Botanic gardens of the United Kingdom, pre-1902 -- App. III. Foreign botanic gardens, pre-1902 -- App. IV. Foreign colonial botanic gardens and stations, pre-1902.".
• catalog title "Gardens of empire : botanical institutions of the Victorian British empire / Donal P. McCracken.".
• catalog type "text".