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The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden
The Ingenious Mr Fairchild The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden
Author: Michael Leapman
By the early eighteenth century, botanists were inching towards the shocking truth that plants had male and female organs and reproduced sexually. The first person to realize the practical implications of this was Thomas Fairchild, a London nurseryman, and celebrated author of The City Gardener. By transferring the pollen of a sweet william in...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312276683
ISBN-10: 0312276680
Publication Date: 6/2001
Pages: 280
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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