Chapter Nine. Museums, Exhibitions, and Botanical Gardens

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Timeline for Botany in China xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One. How the Southern Mountain Tea Flower Became Camellia reticulata 9
8. Chapter Two. The Historical Context of an Epistemic Transition 27
9. Chapter Three. Nature, the Myriad Things, and Their Investigation 42
10. Chapter Four. A New Language to Name and Describe Plants 56
11. Chapter Five. Observing Nature, Practicing Science 75
12. Chapter Six. The Inventory of Nature 100
13. Chapter Seven. Botanical Illustration 117
14. Chapter Eight. Spaces for Communicating and Informing 140
15. Chapter Nine. Museums, Exhibitions, and Botanical Gardens 158
16. Chapter Ten. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood 173
17. Glossary 183
18. Notes 197
19. References 217
20. Index 271