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Robert Sweet (botanist)

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22: 47:, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham and Chelsea. In 1812 he joined Colvills, the famous Chelsea nursery, and was elected a fellow of the 99:
He was charged with receiving a batch of plants allegedly stolen from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It was suggested that this was an attempt to frame him by an official at Kew whom Sweet had criticised. He was acquitted after a well-publicised trial.
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Robert Sweet received high praise from his contemporaries at his trial and was described as possibly the first practical botanist.
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He published a number of illustrated works on plants cultivated in British gardens and hothouses. The plates were mainly drawn by
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The British Flower Garden : coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants
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Tulips by Edwin Dalton Smith from "The British Flower Garden" by Robert Sweet
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Dawson-Brown, Penelope (January 1997). "Robert Sweet FLS, 1783-1835".
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Sweet is the author of a number of plants, including:
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Cockington
Torquay
Devonshire
Linnean Society
Edwin Dalton Smith
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Flora Australasica
H. Weddell
Chelsea, London
The British Flower Garden : coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants
Cistineae : the natural order of Cistus or Rock-rose
Abutilon auritum
Link
Abutilon grandifolium
Willd.
Abutilon indicum
Acacia leucolobia
Agonis flexuosa
Willd.
Argemone ochroleuca
Babiana angustifolia
Banksia dryandroides
Callistemon glaucus
Bonpl.
Coreopsis grandiflora
Cyanotis axillaris
L.
Dillwynia pungens
Benth.

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