Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction Opening Hidden Gardens 1
5. One Rooted in an Herbarium 10
6. Two Early Botany 19
7. Three The Technology and Art of Herbaria 35
8. Four Early Exploration 51
9. Five The Value of Collecting 66
10. Six Linnaeus and Classification 82
11. Seven Botanical Exploration 97
12. Eight Gardens 112
13. Nine Managing Exploration and Collecting 127
14. Ten Natural History and Botany 144
15. Eleven Evolution and Botany 160
16. Twelve Changing Botany 174
17. Thirteen Useful Plants and Ethnobotany 188
18. Fourteen Understanding and Conserving Biodiversity 202
19. Fifteen Online Herbaria 216
20. Sixteen A Broader Vision Herbaria and Culture 231
21. Epilogue Herbaria Blooming 248
22. Notes 251
23. Bibliography 277
24. Index 311