Descriptive Labels for Botanic Gardens

In this book, first published in 1924, Humphrey Gilbert-Carter gives examples of informative labels that could be used in botanic gardens.

Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (Author)

9781107504820, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 May 2015

82 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.4 cm, 0.1 kg

Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884–1969) was the first academic director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden from 1921 until 1950. In this book, first published in 1924, Gilbert-Carter gives examples of informative labels that could be used in botanic gardens 'so as to give information as well as pleasure to as many people as possible'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science education or the history of botany in Britain.

Descriptive labels for botanic gardens.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]