Peter Collinson and the eighteenth-century natural history exchange / Jean O'Neill and Elizabeth P. McLean.

Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2008.

xxii, 216 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-195) and indexes.

"In the great hive of London, like an industrious bee": a Quaker business background -- "There is no end of the wonders in nature": learned societies, publications, and inklings of the enlightenment -- "Our gardens will have more curious plants in them than ever": British-based botanists and horticulturists -- "In hopes to improve, or at least adorn my country": eighteenth-century landscape -- "My inclination does not flagg ... I endeavour to ... procure more": Colonial friends and correspondents -- "Harvest and seed time": Peter Collinson and John Bartram -- "Rare, curious & learned works": European friends and naturalists -- "The glory of my garden & the trofies of friendship": Collinson's gardens at Peckham and Mill Hill.