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02842aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 3EE6ED40475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 160829t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1851244654 020 $a 9781851244652 035 $a (OCoLC)957507860 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d ERASA $d OCLCO $d IUL $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a SB469-476.4 082 04 $a 712 100 1 $a Harris, Stephen A., $e author. 245 10 $a Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum : $b a brief history / $c Stephen A. Harris. 246 3 $a Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum : $b a brief history 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Bodleian Library, in association with University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, $c 2017. 300 $a x, 134 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621. Conceived as a place to grow medicinal plants, born in the turmoil of civil war and nurtured during the restoration of the monarchy, the garden has, unsurprisingly, a curious past. By tracing the work and priorities of each of the garden's keepers, this book explores its importance as one of the world's oldest scientific plant collections. It tells the story of the planting of the garden by its first keeper, Jacob Bobart, and his son, together with how they changed the garden to suit their own needs. The story develops during the eighteenth century as the garden grew exotic plants under glass and acquired a fine succulent collection but then experienced a downturn under the stewardship of the eccentric Professor Humphrey Sibthorp (famous for giving just one lecture in thirty-seven years). Finally, the narrative throws light on the partnership of gardener William Baxter and academic Charles Daubeny in the early nineteenth century, which gave the garden its glasshouses and ponds and contributed to its survival to the present day.0This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts. 610 20 $a Botanic Garden (University of Oxford) $x History. 610 20 $a University of Oxford. $b Arboretum. 610 27 $a Botanic Garden (University of Oxford) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01521808 650 0 $a Botanical gardens $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 710 2 $a Bodleian Library, $e publisher. 710 2 $a Botanic Garden (University of Oxford), $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802024413.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3EE6ED40475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search