# Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 2

An audiobook by Erasmus Darwin, read by LibriVox volunteers (5 h 57 min, English).

The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus was also a famous naturalist in his own day, in addition to being a celebrated poet. This is the second part of his popular science poem in heroic couplets intended to introduce botany to the English public. It summarizes Linnaeus’ system of sexual selection in plants.-Summary by Matthew Muñoz

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