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From specimens to commodities: the London nursery trade and the introduction of exotic plants in the early nineteenth century*
2020
Historical Research
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Nursery owners played a critical role in transforming imported plants and trees from scientific specimens into commodities that became widespread in British gardens in the first half of the nineteenth century. This article uses rare surviving business records of London nurserymen to investigate the scale and structure of the nursery trade and its business practices between 1800 and 1850 and how nursery businesses innovated to meet the needs of an emerging middle class.
doi:10.1093/hisres/htaa025
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