Marigolds Not Manufacturing
2020 ◽
pp. 153-168
This chapter considers the printed plant catalogues of eighteenth-century Birmingham nurseryman, John Brunton. More than lists of plants for the horticulturally acquisitive, their pages reflect the exploration, colonisation and commercialisation that brought a flood of new plants into Britain from around the world. Approached as cultural and material objects, the catalogues draw attention to the fruitful connection to be made between garden history and printing history and culture. This exploration illuminates new aspects of Birmingham’s society and culture in the eighteenth century that challenge our perception of a town more readily noted for its manufacturing than its marigolds.
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Vol 9
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pp. 95-107
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Vol 63
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pp. 499-529
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