Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1
by Erasmus Darwin
About this book
Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus was also a famous naturalist in his own day, in addition to being a celebrated poet. This is the first part of his popular science poem in heroic couplets intended to introduce botany to the English public. It serves as a general defense of scientific progress as a practical and artistic endeavor, laying the groundwork for its sequel poem on Linnaeus’ system of sexual selection in plants, Loves of the Plants. - Summary by Matthew Muñoz
Chapters (57)
1To the Author of the Poem On the Loves of the Plants
2Canto I, lines 1-188
3Canto I, lines 189-278
4Canto I, lines 279-412
5Canto I, lines 413-600
6Canto II, lines 1-124
7Canto II, lines 125-276
8Canto II, lines 277-498
9Canto II, lines 499-610
10Canto III, lines 1-128
11Canto III, lines 129-320
12Canto III, lines 321-528
13Canto III, lines 529-590
14Canto IV, lines 1-164
15Canto IV, lines 165-358
16Canto IV, lines 359-484
17Canto IV, lines 485-640
18Note I.—Meteors.
19Note II.—Primary Colours.
20Note III.—Coloured Clouds.
21Note IV.—Comets.
22Note V.—Sun's Rays.
23Note VI.—Central Fires.
24Note VII.—Elementary Heat.
25Note VIII.—Memnon's Lyre.
26Note IX.—Luminous Insects.
27Note X.—Phosphorus.
28Note XI.—Steam-Engine.
29Note XII.—Frost.
30Note XIII.—Electricity.
31Note XIV.—Buds and Bulbs.
32Note XV.—Solar Volcanos.
33Note XVI.—Calcareous Earth.
34Note XVII.—Morasses.
35Note XVIII.—Iron.
36Note XIX.—Flint.
37Note XX.—Clay.
38Note XXI.—Enamels.
39Note XXII.—Portland Vase.
40Note XXIII.—Coal.
41Note XXIV.—Granite.
42Note XXV.—Evaporation.
43Note XXVI.—Springs.
44Note XXVII.—Shell Fish.
45Note XXVIII.—Sturgeon.
46Note XXIX.—Oil on Water.
47Note XXX.—Ship-Worm.
48Note XXXI.—Maelstrom.
49Note XXXII.—Glaciers.
50Note XXXIII.—Winds.
51Note XXXIII.—Winds. (continued)
52Note XXXIV.—Vegetable Perspiration.
53Note XXXV.—Vegetable Placentation.
54Note XXXVI—Vegetable Circulation.
55Note XXXVII—Vegetable Respiration.
56Note XXXVIII.—Vegetable Impregnation.
57Note XXXIX.—Vegetable Glandulation.
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