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050		4	_aQK73.G7 _bK49 1789
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100	1		_aAiton, William, _d1731-1793, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHortus Kewensis : _bOr, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. _nVolume 1, _pMonandria to Heptandria / _cWilliam Aiton.
246	3	0	_aCatalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew
246	3	0	_aMonandria to Heptandria
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1789.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (xxx, 496 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Botany and horticulture
520			_aTrained as a gardener in his native Scotland, William Aiton (1731-93) had worked in the Chelsea Physic Garden prior to coming to Kew in 1759. He met Joseph Banks in 1764, and the pair worked together to develop the scientific and horticultural status of the gardens. Aiton had become superintendent of the entire Kew estate by 1783. This important three-volume work, first published in 1789, took as its starting point the plant catalogue begun in 1773. In its compilation, Aiton was greatly assisted with the identification and scientific description of species, according to the Linnaean system, by the botanists Daniel Solander and Jonas Dryander (the latter contributed most of the third volume). Aiton added dates of introduction and horticultural information. An important historical resource, it covers some 5,600 species and features a selection of engravings. Listing the printed works consulted, Volume 1 provides plant descriptions from Monandria to Heptandria.
610	2	0	_aRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew _vCatalogs.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108069670
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pBotany and horticulture.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107255999
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