Catalogue of Plants Cultivated in the Garden of John Gerard, in the Years 1596 1599

by John Gerard

Book Overview

For twenty years, the herbalist John Gerard (1545-1612) served as superintendent of the gardens of Elizabeth I's minister, Lord Burghley. The 1596 edition of Gerard's Catalogus is probably the first complete catalogue of any one garden, public or private, ever published. Describing his own garden, the list includes frankincense, saffron, an almond tree and even tulips, then exotic and notoriously costly. Probably intended originally only for the interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108037151
• ISBN13: 9781108037150
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"