Something of the sort is to be seen in Salisbury Crags at Edinburgh. ... 'It was on that, ' said Professor Challenger, pointing to the tree, 'that the pterodactyl was perched. I climbed halfway up the rock before I shot him.'

"The Lost World," Arthur Conan Doyle

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Lost Worlds - Display


Lost Worlds - Display

Start/End Date(s)
01 February 2009
28 February 2009
10am-3.30pm


Venue

TEMPERATE PALM HOUSE AND THE POETRY GARDEN IN ST ANDREW SQ

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Temperate Palm House, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR and the Poetry Garden in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

Information

Find poem and prose extracts on the themes of The Lost World alongside real-life stories of plant-hunters and ancient jungles, ‘planted’ in the Poetry Garden in St Andrew Square and the Temperate Palm House in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Track down your favourite poems and books at the Scottish Poetry Library and the Edinburgh City Libraries.

Part of The Lost World Read 2009 citywide reading campaign - www.lostworldread.com 

Ticketing
No Ticket Required

Prices/Concessions
Free

Further Information
www.rbge.co.uk
 events@cityofliterature.com

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