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Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1

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Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1

Erasmus Darwin

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

Year of Publication: 1791Genres: Life Sciences , Poetry
Running Time: 12 hours 54 minutes 49 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
Advertisement and Apology
Matthew Muñoz
3:34
2
The Nights
To the Author of the Poem On the Loves of the Plants
Matthew Muñoz
1:39
3
The Nights
Canto I, lines 1-188
Matthew Muñoz
31:41
4
The Nights
Canto I, lines 189-278
Matthew Muñoz
22:52
5
The Nights
Canto I, lines 279-412
Matthew Muñoz
22:22
6
The Nights
Canto I, lines 413-600
Matthew Muñoz
31:51
7
The Nights
Canto II, lines 1-124
Matthew Muñoz
25:04
8
The Nights
Canto II, lines 125-276
Matthew Muñoz
25:40
9
The Nights
Canto II, lines 277-498
Matthew Muñoz
31:11
10
The Nights
Canto II, lines 499-610
Matthew Muñoz
17:20
11
The Nights
Canto III, lines 1-128
Matthew Muñoz
28:06
12
The Nights
Canto III, lines 129-320
Matthew Muñoz
24:13
13
The Nights
Canto III, lines 321-528
Matthew Muñoz
21:54
14
The Nights
Canto III, lines 529-590
Matthew Muñoz
6:14
15
The Nights
Canto IV, lines 1-164
Matthew Muñoz
24:28
16
The Nights
Canto IV, lines 165-358
Matthew Muñoz
26:18
17
The Nights
Canto IV, lines 359-484
Matthew Muñoz
25:52
18
The Nights
Canto IV, lines 485-640
Matthew Muñoz
19:57
19
The Nights
Note I.—Meteors.
Matthew Muñoz
15:42
20
The Nights
Note II.—Primary Colours.
Matthew Muñoz
7:14
21
The Nights
Note III.—Coloured Clouds.
Matthew Muñoz
4:38
22
The Nights
Note IV.—Comets.
Matthew Muñoz
3:20
23
The Nights
Note V.—Sun's Rays.
Matthew Muñoz
3:50
24
The Nights
Note VI.—Central Fires.
Matthew Muñoz
7:47
25
The Nights
Note VII.—Elementary Heat.
Matthew Muñoz
11:28
26
The Nights
Note VIII.—Memnon's Lyre.
Matthew Muñoz
3:48
27
The Nights
Note IX.—Luminous Insects.
Matthew Muñoz
3:33
28
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Note X.—Phosphorus.
Matthew Muñoz
4:41
29
The Nights
Note XI.—Steam-Engine.
Matthew Muñoz
8:53
30
The Nights
Note XII.—Frost.
Matthew Muñoz
7:48
31
The Nights
Note XIII.—Electricity.
Matthew Muñoz
6:24
32
The Nights
Note XIV.—Buds and Bulbs.
Matthew Muñoz
7:48
33
The Nights
Note XV.—Solar Volcanos.
Matthew Muñoz
10:00
34
The Nights
Note XVI.—Calcareous Earth.
Matthew Muñoz
9:55
35
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Note XVII.—Morasses.
Matthew Muñoz
6:40
36
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Note XVIII.—Iron.
Matthew Muñoz
15:12
37
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Note XIX.—Flint.
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25:25
38
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Note XX.—Clay.
Matthew Muñoz
8:30
39
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Note XXI.—Enamels.
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5:39
40
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Note XXII.—Portland Vase.
Matthew Muñoz
24:21
41
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Note XXIII.—Coal.
Matthew Muñoz
19:42
42
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Note XXIV.—Granite.
Matthew Muñoz
10:36
43
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Note XXV.—Evaporation.
Matthew Muñoz
9:06
44
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Note XXVI.—Springs.
Matthew Muñoz
7:01
45
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Note XXVII.—Shell Fish.
Matthew Muñoz
6:57
46
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Note XXVIII.—Sturgeon.
Matthew Muñoz
2:35
47
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Note XXIX.—Oil on Water.
Matthew Muñoz
4:10
48
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Note XXX.—Ship-Worm.
Matthew Muñoz
1:58
49
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Note XXXI.—Maelstrom.
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3:44
50
The Nights
Note XXXII.—Glaciers.
Matthew Muñoz
3:58
51
The Nights
Note XXXIII.—Winds.
Matthew Muñoz
29:59
52
The Nights
Note XXXIII.—Winds. (continued)
Matthew Muñoz
19:37
53
The Nights
Note XXXIV.—Vegetable Perspiration.
Matthew Muñoz
6:42
54
The Nights
Note XXXV.—Vegetable Placentation.
Matthew Muñoz
6:06
55
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Note XXXVI—Vegetable Circulation.
Matthew Muñoz
11:01
56
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Note XXXVII—Vegetable Respiration.
Matthew Muñoz
14:36
57
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Note XXXVIII.—Vegetable Impregnation.
Matthew Muñoz
7:01
58
The Nights
Note XXXIX.—Vegetable Glandulation.
Matthew Muñoz
17:08

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