Sex, Botany, and Empire by Patricia Fara

Sex Botany and Empire by Patricia Fara

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Sex, Botany, and Empire by Patricia Fara This book came out in 2004, and the subtitle is The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks. Fara said, Banks provided a marvelous illustration of how science and the British Empire grew rich and powerful together.   Imagine a world…

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