Hortus florilegium: the arrival of exotic plants in our country and the birth of a new profession

Authors

  • Jordi Cartañà i Pinén

Keywords:

gardening, horticulture, nursery gardening, exotic species, Catalan Countries, 16th-19th centuries.

Abstract

Between the 16th and 18th centuries, a number of ornamental plant species from the Americas reached the Spanish acclimatization gardens, spreading throughout Europe from there. Subsequently, at the end of the 18th century, the demand for such gardens and tropical plants from around the world steadily increased as a result of new trends in gardening and the emergence of hygienism. During the first half of the 19th century, this phenomenon fostered the rise of a new profession in our country: that of the nursery gardeners who acclimatized and marketed a large variety of exotic species that they regularly displayed in plant and flower exhibitions and competitions, which were very popular.

Keywords: gardening, horticulture, nursery gardening, exotic species, Catalan Countries, 16th-19th centuries.

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Author Biography

Jordi Cartañà i Pinén

Professor jubilat d’Història de la Jardineria
Institut Rubió i Tudurí, Escola de Jardineria, Barcelona


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No. 47: desembre 2019

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