Fathers of Botany: The Discovery of Chinese Plants by European Missionaries. By Jane Kilpatrick. Surrey (United Kingdom): Kew Publishing (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $60.00. x + 254 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-226-20670-7. 2014.

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-204
Author(s):  
Shucun Sun
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Royal Botanic Gardens ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

Disposing of John Lindley's library and herbarium: the offer to Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. LUCAS
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Final Disposal ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Horticultural Society ◽  
Royal Botanic Gardens ◽  
United Kingdom Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Joseph Hooker

Shortly before he died, John Lindley decided to dispose of his herbarium and botanical library. He sold his orchid herbarium to the United Kingdom government for deposit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and then offered his library and the remainder of his herbarium to Ferdinand Mueller in Melbourne. On his behalf, Joseph Hooker had earlier unsuccessfully offered the library and remnant herbarium to the University of Sydney, using the good offices of Sir Charles Nicholson. Although neither the University of Sydney nor Mueller was able to raise the necessary funds to purchase either collection, the correspondence allows a reconstruction of a catalogue of Lindley's library, and poses some questions about Joseph Hooker's motives in attempting to dispose of Lindley's material outside the United Kingdom. The final disposal of the herbarium to Cambridge and previous analyses of the purchase of his Library for the Royal Horticultural Society are discussed. A list of the works from Lindley's library offered for sale to Australia is appended.

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