Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants
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List of Illustrations xiAcknowledgements xviNote on Sources, Transliteration and Dates xixIntroduction: Of Marvels and Monsters xxiEducation of a Gardener 1My Lord Treasurer's Gardener 11To the Low Countries 25French Exotics 40Waterworks and Vines 49Muck and Mystery 61Death of a Lord 74Canterbury Belles 81A Virginian Adventure 94A Muscovy Rose 113Pirates of the Mediterranean 133Trunks and Treasures 147A Passion for Strangeness 165To the Aid of the Huguenots 177Lambeth Walks 192Queen's Silk 206Tradescant's Orchard 220The Lambeth Ark 230Family Matters 242A Physick for the Dying 248Sweet Virginia 256Of Cabbages and Kings 279The Useful Gardener 301A Snake in Eden 314A Death by Drowning 336The Ark Comes to Rest 351Notes 373Selected Bibliography 430Index 443
