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The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants

The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants

by Anna Pavord (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

For centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from plant extracts and there was a practical need to differentiate between one plant and another. Alongside this was an overwhelming desire to make sense of the natural world. Scholars, aided by the artists who painted the first pictures of plants, set out looking, writing and classifying, but 2,000 years were to pass before any rules became clear. Anna Pavord takes us on an exhilarating and fascinating journey through botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople and Venice, Padua and Pisa to the present day.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0747582440
ISBN 13: 9780747582441
Book Overview: Full colour illustrations throughout Trade format to retain the stunning illustrations for this edition

Media Reviews
'A thrilling adventure into botanical history, and a compelling insight into a world full of intrigue and intensely competitive egos' Royal Horticultural Society 'Her glorious book, inspired by a passion that matches theirs, is itself a memorial to all those who collected, drew and named plants in the past, sumptuously illustrated' Sunday Times 'A book to be dipped into at delicious leisure, to savour over time' Vogue 'I simply adored The Naming of Names, Anna Pavord's beautifully written, gloriously illustrated history of how brilliant men from the days of Aristotle attempted to classify the world's plants' Jilly Cooper, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year
Author Bio
Anna Pavord is the gardening correspondent for the Independent and the author of eight previous books, including the bestselling The Tulip. She contributes to a number of magazines, both in the US and the UK, and regularly fronts programmes for BBC Radio 3 and 4. She chairs the Gardens Panel of the National Trust and sits on the Parks and Gardens Panel of English Heritage. She lives in Dorset, England, where she spent thirty years restoring the garden of an old rectory. She has recently moved to a new house and started another garden. She is married and has three daughters.