
Turrill, W.B. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Past and Present. 1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. 1959
pp.256 with b/w. photos. and fold-out map to rear. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Mottled boards. Thor. vg. dw.
The classic history of Kew Gardens, from their earliest beginnings at the end of the 18th Century to its position today as one of the world's greatest botanical gardens. This includes, of course, the Herbarium, the Jodrell Laboratory and the Department of Economic Botany as well as the North Gallery, Library.
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