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The Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1

Gelesen von Matthew Muñoz

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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 (12 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Advertisement and Apology

3:34

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To the Author of the Poem On the Loves of the Plants

1:39

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Canto I, lines 1-188

31:41

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Canto I, lines 189-278

22:52

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Canto I, lines 279-412

22:22

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Canto I, lines 413-600

31:51

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Canto II, lines 1-124

25:04

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Canto II, lines 125-276

25:40

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Canto II, lines 277-498

31:11

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Canto II, lines 499-610

17:20

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Canto III, lines 1-128

28:06

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Canto III, lines 129-320

24:13

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Canto III, lines 321-528

21:54

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Canto III, lines 529-590

6:14

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Canto IV, lines 1-164

24:28

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Canto IV, lines 165-358

26:18

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Canto IV, lines 359-484

25:52

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Canto IV, lines 485-640

19:57

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Note I.—Meteors.

15:42

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Note II.—Primary Colours.

7:14

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Note III.—Coloured Clouds.

4:38

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Note IV.—Comets.

3:20

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Note V.—Sun's Rays.

3:50

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Note VI.—Central Fires.

7:47

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Note VII.—Elementary Heat.

11:28

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Note VIII.—Memnon's Lyre.

3:48

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Note IX.—Luminous Insects.

3:33

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Note X.—Phosphorus.

4:41

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Note XI.—Steam-Engine.

8:53

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Note XII.—Frost.

7:48

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Note XIII.—Electricity.

6:24

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Note XIV.—Buds and Bulbs.

7:48

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Note XV.—Solar Volcanos.

10:00

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Note XVI.—Calcareous Earth.

9:55

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Note XVII.—Morasses.

6:40

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Note XVIII.—Iron.

15:12

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Note XIX.—Flint.

25:25

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Note XX.—Clay.

8:30

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Note XXI.—Enamels.

5:39

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Note XXII.—Portland Vase.

24:21

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Note XXIII.—Coal.

19:42

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Note XXIV.—Granite.

10:36

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Note XXV.—Evaporation.

9:06

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Note XXVI.—Springs.

7:01

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Note XXVII.—Shell Fish.

6:57

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Note XXVIII.—Sturgeon.

2:35

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Note XXIX.—Oil on Water.

4:10

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Note XXX.—Ship-Worm.

1:58

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Note XXXI.—Maelstrom.

3:44

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Note XXXII.—Glaciers.

3:58

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Note XXXIII.—Winds.

29:59

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Note XXXIII.—Winds. (continued)

19:37

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Note XXXIV.—Vegetable Perspiration.

6:42

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Note XXXV.—Vegetable Placentation.

6:06

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Note XXXVI—Vegetable Circulation.

11:01

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Note XXXVII—Vegetable Respiration.

14:36

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Note XXXVIII.—Vegetable Impregnation.

7:01

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Note XXXIX.—Vegetable Glandulation.

17:08

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Bewertungen

excellent reading of an amazing book!!!

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wow... Darwin's Grandfather!