TY  - BOOK
AU  - Darwin,Erasmus
TI  - The Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
AV  - PR 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Plants -- Poetry
KW  - Portland Vase
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botanic_Garden; Release date is 2006-01-01; Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Robert Shimmin and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9612
ER  -