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| Author(s): | Sinclair, George |
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| Author Affiliation: | F.L.S., H.S., &c. Nurseryman, Author of Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis |
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| Title: | On cultivating a collection of grasses in pleasure-grounds or flower-gardens |
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| Section: | Original Communications
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| Source: | The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement [Loudon's Gardener's Magazine]. Vol. 1, No. 1/2, 1826, p. 26-29, 112-116. |
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| Publishing Information: | London: Longman, Rees, Orome, Brown, and Green |
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| # of Pages: | 9 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Grass gardens; Biodiversity
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| Facility Names: | Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire, England |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related book, Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, published in various editions, originally in 1816, see R=110399. R=110399
See also article discussing this work, "Darwin and the first ecological experiment," Science, 25 January, 2002. R=110410. R=110410
See also article with related discussion, "Charles Darwin and biodiversity", Fathom Web Site, R=110352. R=110352 |
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| Note: | Communication signed "New Cross Nursery, Nov. 30th, 1825"
Published in two parts, in 1(1) as "Art. VI" and in 1(2), April, as "Art. III". |
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| Quotable quotes | "The grasses constitute one of the most perfect natural orders of plants, and although humble, and until lately, overlooked by the general observer, consist of upwards of a thousand perfectly distinct species, distinguished...." p. 27
"....The facts there brought forward on this point clearly prove that any certain soil will maintain a greater, and produce more nutritious produce, if cropped with a number of different species of grasses, than it will maintain and produce if cropped with only one or two species. This is a curious and important fact, and which has been unnoticed in previous works on the subject, as well as neglected in practice. ...." p. 112-113 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sinclair, G. 1826. On cultivating a collection of grasses in pleasure-grounds or flower-gardens. Loudon's Gardener's Mag. 1(1/2):p. 26-29, 112-116. |
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