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Hortus Kewensis, or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew (abbr. Hort. Kew.) by William Aiton was a 1789 catalogue of all the plant species then in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which constituted the vast majority of plant species in cultivation in all of England. It included information on the country of origin, who introduced the plant into English cultivation, and when. It is therefore now one of the most important sources of information on history of horticulture in England. Hortus Kewensis was published as a comparatively large edition of 1250 copies.

The origin of Hortus Kewensis (Latin for "Kew Garden") was a descriptive plant list produced by Aiton in 1773, presumably at the behest of Joseph Banks, who was then compiling his Florilegium. Although published under Aiton's name, Hortus Kewensis was edited by Daniel Solander, Jonas Carlsson Dryander, and Robert Brown, who each worked as librarian and curator of Banks's collections in succession.

A second edition (abbr. Ait. Kew.) was published between 1810 and 1813; the bulk of the new information was added by Aiton's son William Townsend Aiton.

References

Citations

1. "Aiton, William (1731–1793), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/260. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
2. Pagmenta 2009.
3. Richmond 2010.
4. Desmond, Ray (2003). Great Natural History Books and their Creators. p. 18.
5. Desmond, Ray (1995). The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. p. 104.
6. Desmond 1995, pp. 104–106.
7. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1793). Kew Record Book (1793–1809). [unpublished: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Bibliography

• Pagmenta, Frank (2009). The Aitons: Gardeners to their Majesties. Richmond: Richmond Local History Society. ISBN 9780955071751.
• "Royal Gardeners at Kew – The Aitons". The Richmond Local History Society. 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
• Aiton, W. (1789). Hortus Kewensis. London: George Nicol.
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume III
• Aiton, W.T. (1810–1813). Hortus Kewensis (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume III
  • Volume IV
  • Volume V

External links

• Media related to Hortus Kewensis at Wikimedia Commons

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