Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens.pdf

PLANT EXPLORATION FOR

TOMASZ ANI ´ SKO

Plant Exploration for

LONGWOOD GARDENS

PLANT EXPLORATION FOR

TOMASZ ANI ´ SKO

Foreword by Christopher Brickell

TIMBER PRESS

Frontispiece: An opening in a hornbeam hedge provides a glimpse of a misty flower garden at Longwood.

Photo by Tomasz Anisko.

Published in 2006 by

Timber Press, Inc.

The Haseltine Building

133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450

Portland, Oregon 97204-3527, U.S.A.

www.timberpress.com

For contact information regarding editorial, sales, and distribution in the United Kingdom,

see www.timberpress.com/uk.

ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-738-2

ISBN-10: 0-88192-738-4

Printed through Colorcraft Ltd., Hong Kong

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Anisko, Tomasz, 1963-

Plant exploration for Longwood Gardens / Tomasz Anisko ; foreword by

Christopher Brickell.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-738-2

ISBN-10: 0-88192-738-4

1. Plant collection--History. 2. Phytogeography--History. 3.

Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--History. 4. Longwood

Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.)--History. I. Title.

QK15.A55 2006

580'.75--dc22

2005022139

A catalog record for this book is also available from the British Library.