The John Bargrave Collection
'Story of Plants': The assembling of Mary Capel Somerset's botanical collection at Badminton
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Journal of the History of Collections Publication Type:article Authors:Chambers, Douglas Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:1997 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:9 Issue:1 Start Page:49 End Page:60 Abstract:Mary Capel Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, began seriously to collect plants in the 1690s. Assembled by such well-known gardeners and botanists as George London and Leonard Plukenet, her collection included seeds and plants from the West Indies, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China and Japan. Her collections were not of dead plants, however, but of seeds and plants intended for propagation in her gardens at Badminton, Gloucestershire and Beaufort House in Chelsea. Meticulously recorded in manuscripts kept by her and her assistants, these documents given an account of living collections and reflect the enormous expansion of plant materials in this pre-Linnaean period. Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/9.1.49Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: No People Attached To This Print Item Location(s): No Locations Attached To This Item
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