Hortus Mortolensis (Classic Reprint): Enumeratio Plantarum in Horto Mortolensi Cultarum; Alphabetical Catalogue of Plants, Growing in the Garden of ... of the Orders of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

This book documents and describes the diverse collection of plants grown and cultivated at La Mortola by famed philanthropist and gardener Sir Thomas Hanbury. The catalog comes from a time when the now famous Mediterranean garden was a pioneering subtropical botanical institution, with plants acquired from around the globe. The book boasts an extensive listing of thousands of plant species and their cultivars over 100 years old, along with additional historical background and plant names. Sir Hanbury's vision of a garden overflowing with the botanical wonders of the world comes through on every page. The book provides a permanent record of a legacy left by one of the great gardeners of the nineteenth century, whose collection of rare and exotic plants still wows visitors to La Mortola today.

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