Volume 3
Volume 3 of the Occasional Papers covers the reception of Charles Darwin in the British horticultural press, showing the development of his reputation as an important figure in horticulture.
Most people think of Darwin in terms of zoology, though he devoted most of his last 20 years to botany, and drew on plants as well as animals to illustrate his evolutionary theory.
Even those who are aware of his contributions to botanical science may be startled to learn that one of his obituaries claimed: “No man has done more to raise horticulture” than Darwin. For more than 40 years he was a contributor to the horticultural press, and his successive works were reviewed and debated in the gardening magazines.
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