Peter Dowdall: 'Botany & Gardens in Early Modern Ireland' opens a fascinating chapter

Peter Dowdall leafs through a book that digs into Ireland's history of botany 

Branches of quince tree, Cydonia oblonga, for which there is a written record in early modern Ireland.

A physician in early 18th-century Dublin, Dr Edward Worth left his uniquely well-preserved rare books to Dr Stevens’ Hospital in the city where they are still housed in their original setting, in what is now part of the HSE headquarters.

Dr Edward Worth left his uniquely well-preserved rare books to Dr Stevens’ Hospital in the city where they are still housed in their original setting, in what is now part of the HSE headquarters.