Man Hunts and Plant Hunts, Being the Adventures of George Forrest, V. M. H. Explorer and Botanist who by his Discoveries and Plants Successfully Introduced has greatly enriched our gardens, 1873-1932
by COOPER, R. E. et al (ed);
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About This Item
Edinburgh, The Scottish Rock Garden Club, [1935], First edition, there was a reprint in 1973. . original green cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (spine worn and chipped, tears), name on endpaper, else near fine and clean copy in worn dj (which is often absent). . 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; 89 pp, frontis (port), numerous plates from photos, bibliog. . Forrest collected plants in Western China, Upper Burma and Eastern Tibet from 1904 to 1932 and introduced many new plants, especially rhododendrons and primulas, but many others. He made seven expeditions to Yunnan and he died during the seventh. 'George Forrest was the first man to bring business methods into the pursuit of plant collecting' (Cox, Plant Hunting in China). An interesting and important book on one of the most significant plant collectors of the 20th century. Some of the material has been extracted from periodicals that Forrest contributed to, a list of which is included at the end of the book, and some of the material has been contributed by The Scottish Rock Garden Club, which did the editing. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13890
- Title
- Man Hunts and Plant Hunts, Being the Adventures of George Forrest, V. M. H. Explorer and Botanist who by his Discoveries and Plants Successfully Introduced has greatly enriched our gardens, 1873-1932
- Author
- COOPER, R. E. et al (ed);
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (spine worn and chipped, tears), name on endpaper, else near fine an
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh, The Scottish Rock Garden Club, [1935], First edition, there was a reprint in 1973.
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; 89 pp, frontis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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