The gardens at Kew / Allen Paterson.

London : Frances Lincoln, 2008.

352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm

Includes index.

Map on lining papers.

Foreward / Stephen D. Hopper FLC -- Preface -- Introduction -- A prospect of Kew : a landscape with royals -- Botanic gardens : what are they for? -- Visit it : a perambulation of Kew -- A green El Dorado : collecting for Kew -- Victorian Kew : at the centre of the empire -- Into a post-colonial world : Kew in the twentieth century -- The gardens today : the plant collections up close -- Enquiry into plants : science on the world stage -- Kew Palace : let's call on the king -- Beyond the millenium : conservation in action -- Kew in the country : Wakehurst place -- Bringing it all together : plants, people, possibilities -- Looking to the future : whither Kew?