Description:
How a wave of exotic botanical imports from across Britain's empire shaped its gardens.
Review Quotes: "Every sentence offers a thought for consideration."--Charles Quest-Ritson, Country Life
"The book provides an expert insight into the role of botanical illustration and its political, ethical, ethnological and horticultural ramifications. It is highly recommended."--Garden History "A fascinating book and strongly recommended."--Stuart Read, Australian Garden History Society "An extraordinary work. . . . The Dominion of Flowers is intended to push scholarship on the history of gardens and landscapes to consider the recent scholarly, environmental, and political calls to wrestle with the legacies of colonialism and seek out new models for knowing, naming, and tending to the flora around the globe."--Elizabeth Hyde, Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes