The British Arboretum: Trees, Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Paul A. Elliott; Charles Watkins; Stephen Daniels

The British Arboretum

Trees, Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums, or tree collections. The development of arboretums was fostered by a variety of factors, each of which is explored in detail: global trade and exploration, the popularity of collecting, the significance to the British economy and society, developments in Enlightenment science, changes in landscape gardening aesthetics and agricultural and horticultural improvement.Arboretums were idealized as microcosms of nature, miniature encapsulations of the globe and as living museums. This book critically examines different kinds of arboretum in order to understand the changing practical, scientific, aesthetic and pedagogical principles that underpinned their design, display and the way in which they were viewed. It is the first study of its kind and fills a gap in the literature on Victorian science and culture.

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Trees, Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

CONTENTS
pp vii-viii

List of Figures
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - British Tree Cultures in the Nineteenth Century
pp 11-36

2 - Trees and Taxonomy
pp 37-58

3 - British Arboriculture, c. 1800–35
pp 59-82

4 - John Claudius Loudon's Arboretums
pp 83-108

5 - The Botany of the Arboretum Britannicum
pp 109-134

6 - The Derby Arboretum
pp 135-154

7 - Estate Arboretums
pp 155-184

8 - Public Urban Arboretums
pp 185-210

9 - The Transformation of Victorian Public Arboretums
pp 211-228

Conclusion
pp 229-234

Notes
pp 235-264

Works Cited
pp 265-292

Index
pp 293-298

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