Peter Erskine

This pamphlet is not about horticulture. It is a senseless, Marxist diatribe trying to destroy the reputation of one of the most advanced countries, horticulturally, in the world. Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place hold the biggest collection of rare seeds in the world - they are keen to share these, to help the world avoid the extinction of hundreds of plant species. The Victorian expeditions that brought back to England millions of plant and seed samples are to be praised, not vilified as the co-authors of this pathetic pamphlet try to do. The pamphlet is a left-wing, ideological mess.