Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants Book

List of Illustrations     xi
Acknowledgements     xvi
Note on Sources, Transliteration and Dates     xix
Introduction: Of Marvels and Monsters     xxi
Education of a Gardener     1
My Lord Treasurer's Gardener     11
To the Low Countries     25
French Exotics     40
Waterworks and Vines     49
Muck and Mystery     61
Death of a Lord     74
Canterbury Belles     81
A Virginian Adventure     94
A Muscovy Rose     113
Pirates of the Mediterranean     133
Trunks and Treasures     147
A Passion for Strangeness     165
To the Aid of the Huguenots     177
Lambeth Walks     192
Queen's Silk     206
Tradescant's Orchard     220
The Lambeth Ark     230
Family Matters     242
A Physick for the Dying     248
Sweet Virginia     256
Of Cabbages and Kings     279
The Useful Gardener     301
A Snake in Eden     314
A Death by Drowning     336
The Ark Comes to Rest     351
Notes     373
Selected Bibliography     430
Index     443