Book ID: 98749
Drewitt, Frederic Dawtrey
The Romance of the Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea. 1928. (Reprint 2010). illus. XVII, 175 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Traces the history and origin of the botanical garden at Chelsea. Thegarden was established in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries in orderto train apprentices to identify the plants used in medicine that, lateron, they would be prescribing for their patients. The study alsoincludes material on the visits of Linnaeus and his pupils.