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Hortus kewensis, Volume 1

or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal botanic garden at Kew.

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Library: Main Library
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Year: 1789
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Hortus kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal botanic garden at Kew.

3 vols., Georg Nicol, London, Aug 1789.

Alexandria Book Library

Authors of this book

Aiton William

Aiton, William (1731-1793)

British (Scottish-born) gardener and botanist. Came to England in 1754, employed at Chelsea as market gardener, superintendent of the Kew Botanical Gardens ("Gardener to his Majesty") 1759-1793.

Herbarium & Types: Almost all types of both editions of Hortus kewensis are in the Banksian herbarium (BM). The botanical descriptions were not made by the Aitons, but by Solander, Dryander and Robert Brown, based on material at Kew. Some of the taxa in the first edition originated from L'Heritier (so indicated). The types of those taxa are in the L’Heritier herbarium at Geneva (G-DC). Some Aiton material is at LIV.

Bibliography & Biography:

Coats, A. M., Notes on some portraits of British botanists and gardeners. Huntia 2: 185-187. 1965. (portrait).

Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. TL2, 1: 25. 1976.

Stafleu, F. A. & Mennega, E. A. TL2 Suppl. 1: 56-57. 1992.