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Author Short, P. S. (Philip S.)

Title In pursuit of plants : experiences of nineteenth & early twentieth century plant collectors / Philip Short
Published Portland, OR : Timber Press, 2004

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Contents Africa -- J. R. T. Vogel (1841) -- R. W. Plant (1851-1852) -- C. Barter (1857-1859) -- F. M. J. Welwitsch (1860) -- J. T. Baines (1861) -- W. G. Milne (1863-1865) -- Asia -- J. Arnold (1818) -- G. W. & A. W. Walker (1833) -- J. D. Hooker (1847-1848) -- R. Fortune (c. 1850-1855) -- J. Motley (1855) -- F. W. Burbidge (1878) -- H. O. Forbes (1878-1883) -- G. Forrest (1905, c. 1931) -- Australia & New Zealand -- R. W. Lawrence (1833) -- J. Drummond (1839-1853) -- W. Colenso (1845) -- F. W. L. Leichhardt (1844-1845) -- F. J. H. Mueller (1855-1856) -- W. E. P. Giles (1872-1874) -- D. Sullivan (1882) -- W. G. Spencer (1894) -- F. J. Gillen (1894) -- M. Koch (1899-1925) -- W. A. Michell (1903) -- Europe -- P. E. Boissier (1837) -- J. H. Balfour (1844) -- North America -- T. Drummond (1825-1827) -- D. Douglas (1825-1831) -- A. Gray (1841) -- C. Geyer (1843-1844) -- Central America & South America -- G. U. Skinner (1837-1841) -- F. W. Hostmann (1838-1843) -- T. L. Bridges (1844-1845)
R. Spruce (1852-1854) -- Oceans & Islands -- J. D. Hooker (1841-1842) -- W. G. Milne (1855-1856) -- B. C. Seemann (1860)
Summary "Illustrated with a selection of nineteenth century botanical art and modern photographs, In Pursuit of Plants will appeal to professional and amateur botanists, gardeners, and anyone interested in natural history and travel."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page) and index
Subject Plant collectors -- Correspondence.
Plant collectors -- Diaries.
Plant collecting -- History -- 19th century.
Plant collecting -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Personal correspondence.
Diaries.
LC no. 2003065097
ISBN 0881926353