The Loves of the Plants

Name: The Loves of the Plants
Author: Erasmus Darwin

by Erasmus Darwin

Allegorical poem depicting plant reproduction through romantic and classical mythology

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Erasmus Darwin

English physician and poet whose The Botanic Garden turned botanical science into verse. His speculative ideas about evolution anticipated his grandson Charles Darwin.

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