Book ID: 26936
Nelson, E.Charles and Eileen M. McCracken
The Brightest Jewel. A History of the National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin, Dublin. 1987. 15 colour plates (9 original watercolours). 1 frontispiece. 150 figs. 275 p. Lex8vo. Cloth.
Contents: The origins of botanical gardens/ The early history of Irish botany and the first botanical gardens/ Botany and politics: Walter Wade and John Foster 1790-1795/ Before 1795: The romantic Glasnevin of Tickell and Delany/ The formation and early years of the Botanic Gardens/ The fostering mantle 1800-1833/ Ninian Niven 1834-1838/ David Moore: the first decade 1838-1848/ 'An era in gardening' David Moore's last three decades 1848-1879/ Botanical explorers and the supply of plants 1800-1920/ Frederick William Moore 1879-1922/ National Botanic Gardens 1922-1968.