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"Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China" asks: What is a garden, and what can you do with one? Focusing on the gardens of China’s literati during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912), "Growing and Knowing" illuminates' gardens as transformative spaces—spaces for growing and contemplating plants in order to better understand the world around us as well as our place in it. The exhibition catalogue brings together 23 hanging scrolls, hand scrolls, albums, and books from collections throughout the United States. Together, these artworks showcase Chinese gardens as sites in which scholars hybridized plants, domesticated wild flora, and observed trees and grasses to make sense of the patterns of the cosmos.

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  1. Half Title Page, Title Page
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  1. Contents
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  1. Director's Foreword
  2. Nicole Cavender
  3. pp. 8-9
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Phillip E. Bloom
  3. pp. 10-11
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  1. Notes to the Reader
  2. p. 12
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  1. Chinese Periods and Dynasties
  2. p. 13
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  1. Introduction: Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China
  2. Phillip E. Bloom
  3. pp. 15-38
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  1. Growing
  1. Humble Administrator's Garden, cat. 1
  2. pp. 41-44
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  1. Imperially Ordered Comprehensive Examination of the Agricultural Calendar, cat. 2
  2. pp. 45-50
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  1. Abstruse Secrets of Cultivating Flowers from the Lodge of Wearied Returns, cat. 3
  2. pp. 51-54
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  1. Secretly Transmitted Mirror of Flowers, cat. 4
  2. p. 55
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  1. "Secretly Transmitted Mirror of Flowers" as a Textbook of Gardening
  2. Georges Métailié
  3. pp. 56-62
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  1. "Preface"
  2. Translated by Duncan M. Campbell
  3. pp. 63-66
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  1. Garden Tools, cat. 5
  2. pp. 67-70
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  1. Garden for Solitary Pleasure, cat. 6
  2. p. 71
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  1. Literati Medicinal Gardens in Chinese Paintings: Part 1
  2. Liu Shanshan, Huang Xiao
  3. pp. 72-84
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  1. Complete Collection of Medical Traditions Past and Present, cat. 7
  2. pp. 84-87
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  1. Orange Daylily and Butterflies, cat. 8
  2. pp. 88-90
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  1. Knowing
  1. Garden for Solitary Pleasure, cat. 9
  2. pp. 92-95
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  1. Materia Medica for Famine Relief, cat. 10
  2. p. 96
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  1. Famine Foods from the Prince's Garden to the Agronomist's Guidebook
  2. Sarah Chen Huang
  3. pp. 97-105
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  1. Revised "Compendium of Materia Medica," cat. 11
  2. p. 106
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  1. 13 Ways: Recipes for Looking at a Ginseng Root
  2. Carla Nappi
  3. pp. 107-113
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  1. Illustrations and Sounds of "Approaching Correctness," cat. 12
  2. pp. 114-117
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  1. One Hundred Flowers, cat. 13
  2. p. 118
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  1. Living amid the Flowers: "One Hundred Flowers" and the Tradition of Botanical Painting in Late Imperial China
  2. Kathleen Ryor
  3. pp. 119-137
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  1. Butterflies at Play during an Eternal Spring, cat. 14
  2. pp. 138-141
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  1. Flowers and Butterflies, cat. 15
  2. pp. 142-145
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  1. Orchids, Bamboo, Fungus, and Rocks, cat. 16
  2. pp. 146-149
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  1. Cleansing Medicinal Herbs in the Stream on a Spring Day, cat. 17
  2. Liu Shanshan, Huang Xiao
  3. p. 150
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  1. Literati Medicinal Gardens in Chinese Paintings: Part 2
  2. pp. 151-157
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  1. Chrysanthemum
  1. Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, cat. 18
  2. pp. 160-163
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  1. Enjoyment of Chrysanthemums, cat. 19
  2. p. 164
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  1. Hua Yan's "Enjoyment of Chrysanthemums" and the Pleasures of Nurturing New Varieties
  2. Nicholas K. Menzies
  3. pp. 165-173
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  1. Poems for the Chrysanthemum Manual of the Retreat of Virtue and Goodness, cat. 20
  2. pp. 174-175
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  1. The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden Displayed, cat. 21
  2. pp. 176-179
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  1. Los Angeles Flower Festival Society: Third Annual Chrysanthemum Fair, cat. 22
  2. pp. 180-182
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  1. Being
  1. Pursuits of a Scholar, cat. 23
  2. pp. 184-187
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  1. Ecosensibility Exercise: Fragrant Eight-Section Brocade, cat. 24
  2. p. 188
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  1. A Conversation with Zheng Bo and Phillip E. Bloom
  2. pp. 189-197
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  1. Selected Bibliography
  2. pp. 198-209
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  1. Contributors, Lenders to the Exhibition
  2. pp. 210-211
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  1. Copyright Page
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