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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
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