01866cam a22003253u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000032001122450079001442640051002233000047002743360026003213370026003473380036003735000085004095000031004945080080005255200789006055340045013946530020014396530021014596530018014808560042014989612UtSlPG20260610133234.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aDarwin, Erasmus,d1731-180214aThe Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botanic_Garden aRelease date is 2006-01-01 aProduced by Jonathan Ingram, Robert Shimmin and PG Distributed Proofreaders a"The Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation" by Erasmus Darwin is a poem published in 1791. This groundbreaking work combines poetry with science, celebrating technological innovation and exploring cosmic mysteries. Darwin uses vivid, sexualized language borrowed from Linnaeus to make botany captivating for general readers. The poem argues that humans and plants share fundamental connections through sexual reproduction and evolution—ideas his grandson Charles would later develop. By rendering scientific discovery in heroic verse, Darwin pioneered popular science writing, transforming complex botanical knowledge into accessible entertainment that sparked public fascination with the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aNatural history aPlants -- Poetry aPortland Vase40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9612