Main entry:

Leith-Ross, Prudence.

Title & Author:

The John Tradescants : gardeners to the rose and lily queen / Prudence Leith-Ross.

Publication:

London : P. Owen, 1984.

Description:

320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tradescant's early life -- Plantsman at Hatfield -- The old monastery garden -- The earliest Russian flora -- Off to quell the Barbary pirates -- The Duke's right-hand man -- The ark -- Royal appointment -- A burial and a marriage -- In place of his father -- Adapting to the times -- Enter Ashmole -- The deed of gift -- Hester acquires a new neighbour -- 'My rarities' -- The museum collection -- The 'principall benefactors' -- The Tradescants' plant introductions -- Appendix I: List of plants received by John Tradescant 1629-1633 -- Appendix II: Plantarum in horto, John Tradescant's plant list of 1634 -- Appendix III: Musaeum Tradescantianum -- References -- Family tree -- Index.

Summary:

This is the definitive study of John Tradescant the elder and his son, two remarkable men who traveled to new or little-known lands in search of botanical treasures - John the elder to Russia, the Near East, and North Africa, and John the younger to the new colony of Virginia. They worked for a series of eminent patrons including Robert Cecil, the Duke of Buckingham, and Charles I, for whom they supervised the creation of some of the great gardens of the period. Identifying the varieties of plants which were first grown by the Tradescants or introduced to the country by one of them, this study also features extensive appendices reproducing the complete texts of the Tradescants' lists of plants as well as the Musaeum Tradescantianum, the younger Tradescants' catalog of the museum collection. Each plant is identified with its modern botanical name, making this an essential work for all those interested in the history of gardening and British plants.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0720606128
9780720606126

Subject:

Tradescant, John, 1608-1662.
Tradescant, John, -1637?
Tradescant, John, m. 1637?
Tradescant, John 1608-1662
Tradescant, John ca. -1637
Tradescant, John (Forschungsreisender, circa 1637)
Tradescant, John (Forschungsreisender, 1608-1662)
Gardeners England Biography.
Plant introduction England History.
Naturalists England Biography.
Jardiniers Angleterre Biographies.
Plantes Introduction Angleterre Histoire.
Naturalistes Angleterre Biographies.
Gardeners.
Naturalists.
Plant introduction.
Botanische tuinen.
England.
Plants Collecting Tradescant, John, ca. 1570-ca. 1637 & Tradescant, John, 1608-1662 - Biographies
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104060
Call No.: ID SB63.T73.L45; ID:94-B1910
Status: Available