THE LITTLE ENGLISH FLORA

By PAUL TAYLOR

CONTENTS 1 PUBLISHED VIRTUES OF THE EARTH: AN INTRODUCTION 2 THE BOOKISH NATURE OF BOTANICAL CULTURE: CONTINENTAL CONTEXTS BOTANICAL RENAISSANCE: A POTTED HISTORY WORDS AND THINGS IN HUMANIST HERBALISM BOTANY BY THE BOOK BOTANICAL GARDENS IN BOOK FORM: THE HERBARIA 3 BOTANICAL REFORMATION IN WILLIAM TURNER’S BOOKS OF NATURE BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS ANTHOLOGICAL BOTANY TURNER’S REFORMS: NAMING AND TRANSLATING WHAT’S IN A NAME? TRUTH, FALSITY, AND FICTION 4 JOHN GERARD’S UNCOMMON GROUND THE GARDEN GROWS: FROM CATALOGUE TO HERBAL THE ANTHOLOGY OF NATURE: GERARD’S HERBAL AUTHORSHIP BOTANICAL POETICS AND THE RHETORIC OF DESCRIPTION IMAGINARY GARDENS: POETS AS HERBALISTS 5 DOMESTICATED PLANTS AND DOMESTICATING BOOKS: CULTIVATING HOUSEHOLD TEXTUAL COLLECTION THE PLACE OF BOOKS THE PLACE OF PLANTS GALLERY AND PARADISE STILLROOM AND STUDY POSIES TRANSPOSED EPILOGUE