Excerpt from Plant Explorations: Ornamentals in Italy, Southern France, Spain, Portugal, England, and Scotland The Spread of World colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries ushered in the era of greatest activity in the introduction of ornamental plants into Europe. Introductions by British plant explorers soon took the lead in the wave of ornamental plants that reached Europe. With the Opening of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and parts of North America following the famous voyages of Capt. Cook in the 18th ...
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Excerpt from Plant Explorations: Ornamentals in Italy, Southern France, Spain, Portugal, England, and Scotland The Spread of World colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries ushered in the era of greatest activity in the introduction of ornamental plants into Europe. Introductions by British plant explorers soon took the lead in the wave of ornamental plants that reached Europe. With the Opening of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and parts of North America following the famous voyages of Capt. Cook in the 18th century, vast new areas soon became available to plant explorers. The two famous voyages of Capt. William Bligh to introduce breadfruit trees into the West Indies recalls a famous episode in the annals of plant introduction by intrepid British planters. Great Britain was not alone in this new activity. All the seafaring nations of Europe contributed a share in the introduction of foreign plants, often accomplished as part of scientific exploring missions. European gardens have thus been enriched by plant introductions coming from all parts of the World over a period of about 400 years. In the United States, we are now in the midst of a great Renaissance of interest in ornamentals, in fact, the greatest in the history of our country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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