Chelsea Physic Garden

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Chelsea Physic Garden

• Pam McMurry

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• Founded in 1673 as Apothecaries Garden
• Train apprentices in plant identification
• Location provided warmer microclimate

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Historical Highlights

• Initiated international botanic seed exchange
  system
• Pond rock garden built. Included stones from
  Tower of London and Icelandic lava. Oldest rock
  garden in England open to public.
• 1722-1770. Under gardener Phillip Miller became
  an outstanding botanic garden, known for its
  collection of American plants. Millers
  GardenersDictionary published--8editions in his
  lifetime.
• 1765-1771. William Hudson published Flora
  Anglica, first book of British flora to use
  Linnaeus binomial nomenclature.
• 1846 -1848 Robert Fortune made collecting trips
  to China, vastly increasing the number of species
  available to gardeners used Wardian cases to
  transport tea seedlings from China to India,
  establishing tea industry in India.
• Started lecture course for young women training
  as botany teachers.
• 1983 Became a registered charity and first
  opened to public.

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What to see at the Chelsea Physic Garden
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Pharmaceutical Garden

• Arranged by use of derived drugs
• Oncology
• ENT and Lung Disease
• Dermatology
• Cardiology
• Analgesic /Anaesthetic
• Neurology / Rheumatology
• Parasitology
• Psychiatry
• Gastroenterology

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The Garden of World Medicine An Ethnobotanical
Display

• Medicinal Plants from various cultures
• North American Indians
• Maori of New Zealand
• Australian Aborigines
• China
• India
• Tribal South Africa
• Folk traditions of Northern Europe and the
  Mediterranean

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Perfumery and Aromatherapy Borders

• Plants used in perfumery industry
• Plants whose oils are used in aromatherapy

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Vegetable Plot

• Seed library for Henry Doubleday Research
  Association
• Rare and unusual vegetables grown for seed
• Seed distributed to other growers

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Other Displays

• Botanical order beds -- Monocotyledons and
  Dicotyledons (to show evolutionary sequences and
  relations between species based on flower
  structure)
• British natives
• Greenhouse with tropical, subtropical and
  Mediterranean species
• National collection of Cistus -- 190 species and
  cultivars
• North and South American beds
• South African display
• Species from Madeira, Canary Islands, and Crete
• Culinary herbs
• Edible flowers
• Poisonous plants
• Plants used in dyes and fibers

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What continent (country) are they from?

• Arctium lappa
• Artemisia annua
• Artemisia vulgaris
• Aspidistra lurida
• Bletilla striata
• Buddleja officinalis
• Clerodendrum bungei
• Coix lacyrma-jobi
• Acorus gramineus

• Cyperus rotundus
• Gingko biloba
• Indigofera sp.
• Loropetalum chinense
• Ophiopogon japonicus
• Platycodon grandiflorus
• Pyracantha ornato-serrata
• Rohdea japonica
• Sedum spectabile

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China
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What region are they from?

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• Acorus calamus
• Anethum graveolens
• Berberis vulgaris
• Carica papaya
• Carum carvi
• Cinnamomum camphora
• Coriandrum sativum
• Cuminum cyminum
• Curcuma longa
• Cymbopogon citratus
• Elettaria cardamomum
• Ferula assa-foetida
• Glycyrrhiza glabra Inula racemosa

• Inula racemosa
• Nigella sativa
• Ocimum tenuiflorum
• Oryza sativa
• Papaver somniferum
• Pimpinella anisum
• Piper betle
• Piper nigrum
• Podophyllum hexandrum
• Punica granatum
• Ricinus communis
• Saccharum officinarum
• Sesamum indicum
• Sida rhombifolia
• Withania somnifera

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India (Hindu Ayurvedic Medicine)
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What continent are they from?

• Anemopsis californica
• Aralia racemosa
• Arnica angustifolia subsp. angustifolia
• Baptisia tinctoria
• Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum
• Cimicifuga (syn. Actaea) americana Cimicifuga
  (syn. Actaea) racemosa
• Echinacea purpurea
• Eupatorium perfoliatum

• Geranium maculatum
• Gillenia trifoliata
• Hamamelis virginiana
• Hedeoma pulegioides
• Lobelia siphilitica
• Monarda fistulosa
• Nicotiana tabacum
• Panax quinquefolius
• Podophyllum peltatum
• Sanguinaria canadensis
• Scutellaria lateriflora
• Veratrum viride

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North America(Native American Medicine)
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What continent are they from?

• Banksia integrifolia var compar
• Crinum pedunculatum
• Dodonaea viscosa
• Eucalyptus species
• Prostanthera cuneata
• Solanum aviculare

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Australia
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Where are they from?

• Arthropodium cirratum
• Coprosma robusta
• Cordyline australis
• Fuchsia excorticata
• Halaragis erecta
• Hebe salicifolia
• Hibiscus trionum
• Leptospermum scoparium
• Macropiper excelsum
• Phormium tenax
• Sophora microphylla
• Tetragonia tetragonioides

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New Zealand(Maori traditional medicine)
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Where are they from?

• Acokanthera oblongifolia
• Agapanthus praecox
• Artemisia afra
• Clivia miniata
• Dietes iridioides
• Eucomis autumnalis
• Eucomis comosa
• Gladiolus papilio
• Haemanthus albiflos

• Lobelia erinus
• Ochna serrulata
• Olea europaea ssp.africana
• Pelargonium alchemilloides
• Physalis peruviana
• Scadoxus puniceus
• Schinus molle
• Tulbaghia violacea
• Zantedeschia aethiopica

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South Africa(traditional tribal medicine)
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Where are they from?

• Angelica archangelica
• Asplenium scolopendrium
• Colchicum autumnale
• Convallaria majalis
• Digitalis purpurea
• Galium odoratum
• Gentiana lutea
• Helleborus niger
• Humulus lupulus Aureus

• Hyoscyamus niger
• Linum usitatissimum
• Lysimachia vulgaris
• Lythrum salicaria
• Prunella vulgaris
• Sempervivum tectorum
• Succisa pratensis
• Viburnum opulus
• Viola odorata

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Northern Europe
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Where are they from?

• Allium sativum
• Ammi majus
• Cnicus benedictus
• Ecballium elaterium
• Hyssopus officinalis
• Iris germanica
• Florentina
• Laurus nobilis

• Lavandula angustifolia
• Mandragora officinarum
• Pistachia lentiscus
• Ruta graveolens
• Salvia sclarea
• Santolina chamaecyparissus
• Silybum marianum

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Mediterranean
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See All These Plants at the Chelsea Physic
Garden!When is it open?

• Wednesdays 12 - 5pm
• Sundays 2 pm to 6 pm
• Chelsea Flower Show Week -- May 23 - 27

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