Stories
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Books
Botanical gardens in America / Wolfgang Born.
Born, Wolfgang.Date: 1949- Books
Botanical gardens in China / by Pei Sheng-ji.
Pei, Sheng-ji, 1938-Date: [1984], ©1984- Books
The history and functions of botanic gardens / Arthur W. Hill.
Hill, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sir, 1875-1941.Date: [1915]
- Pictures
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The Botanical gardens with the city of Brussels in the background. Line engraving by H. Worms after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.Reference: 15746i- Books
International directory of botanical gardens.
Date: 1977
