A Veritable Eden. The Manchester Botanic Garden : a History.

The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience ""not unlike a fashionable resort"". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only the former entrance gates and a s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooks, Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2011.
Temas:
Manchester Botanic Garden > History.
Manchester Botanic Garden
Botanical gardens > England > Manchester > History.
Jardins botaniques > Angleterre > Manchester > Histoire.
NATURE > Plants > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
GARDENING / General
Botanical gardens.
England > Manchester.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience ""not unlike a fashionable resort"". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only the former entrance gates and a street name remain. This book, illustrated with many contemporary engravings and postcards, charts the history of the Garden; its international reputation in horticultural developments and many floral triumphs; its recurrent financial crises and ultimate degeneration into a venue for cat and dog shows and final conversi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (177 pages)
ISBN:9781905119554
1905119550

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