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Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants - Links
... Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 1909-1933 - From the University of Sydney's Joseph Henry Maiden Natural History Collection Eucalypts Discussion Group EUCLID - Computer-based, interactive ... Wales Botanical History The Flower Chain: The early discovery of Australian plants Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Banks Papers Bush Foods Australian Macadamia Society Australian Native Foods: Plant Profiles ...
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ASGAP: Where to see Australian Plants - Outside Australia
... centre of education, beauty and relaxation. Of particular interest is the Sir Joseph Banks garden which includes any Australian plants discovered by Banks and Daniel Solander. There are also other Australian plants around the ...
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Historical1
... Harbours. Archibald Menzies had been appointed to the expedition under the sponsorship of Sir Joseph Banks with the instructions to study climates, report on soil fertility, collect samples of seeds ... specimens. ROBERT BROWN 1773-1858. Surgeon, Botanist and Naturalist Under the patronage of Sir Joseph Banks, Robert Brown was appointed to the Flinders Expedition commissioned by the British Admiralty ...
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English Potatoes - DIVERSITY WEBSITE - early days
... having been found wild both in Buenos Ayres and Chili. Sir Joseph Banks considers that the potato was first brought into Europe ... colonists sent there in 1584 by Sir Walter Raleigh. They arrived back here in 1586 and Joseph Banks says that they probably brought ... distinguish it from the sweet potato. The sweet potato, observed Sir Joseph Banks, was used as a delicacy long before the introduction of ...
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Clivia Article 6 William Jackson Hooker
... -1865) Sir William Jackson Hooker was born at Norwich in 1785. He showed an early interest in botany, and made an expedition to Iceland in 1809 through the encouragement of Sir Joseph Banks. He ... publication of an official guidebook were only some of the innovations brought to Kew by Sir William. Hooker’s description of Imantophyllum aitonii seems to be based on a drawing of ...
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Banksias - genus Banksia
... Banksia species, and all but one occur naturally only in Australia. Banksias were named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820 ), who, in 1770, was the first European to collect specimens of these plants ...
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Deciduous Flowering Magnolias
... planted Magnolia denudata at their temples, the large snow-white flowers symbolizing purity and openness. Sir Joseph Banks introduced it to England in 1789. Gangly and awkward in its youth, denudata ages into ...
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BREADFRUIT AND THE BOUNTY
... Captain Cook visited Tahiti in 1769, he and his crew were introduced to this fruit. Joseph Banks and his botanist on that voyage, Solander, raved about this plant after returning to England ... , where it could be used to feed the slaves who worked the sugar cane fields. Sir Joseph Banks urged King George III of England to introduce breadfruit to the West Indies, and in ...
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Joseph Banks the Leader - PlantExplorers.com™
... device The 20th Century A rapidly disappearing natural world Home > The Explorers > Joseph Banks Joseph Banks 1743-1820 Sir Joseph Banks - 'The Leader' Sir Joseph Banks was a natural leader above all else, one of those rare ... , rather than 'dull or uninteresting' as in the more common modern usage.) Joseph Banks became Sir Joseph Banks in the spring of 1781 when he was made a Baronet, and would ...
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Joseph Banks the Experiment - PlantExplorers.com™
... Joseph Banks Joseph Banks 1743-1820 Sir Joseph Banks - 'The Experiment' One of Joseph Banks' grand botanical experiments turned into one of the most memorable episodes in maritime history. The historical record begins in 1787 with a letter by Banks ... ship was re-christened as the 'Bounty'. On August 20th, 1787, Sir Joseph Banks, representing the Lords of the British Admiralty, appointed the first ...
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