A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun

Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel

By:

Ernest Henry Wilson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) was introduced to China in 1899 when, as a promising young botanist, he was sent there by horticulturalist Henry Veitch (1840–1924) to collect the seed of the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, for propagation in Britain. Subsequent trips saw Wilson bringing back hundreds of seed samples and plant collections, introducing many Chinese plants to Europe and North America. He wrote extensively about his travels in China: this two-volume work was published in 1913. Although much of the text is concerned with plant life, Wilson also gives a great deal of attention to the wider landscape around him. In addition, Wilson took a camera, and these volumes contain photographs of parts of China rarely seen by Europeans in the early twentieth century. In Volume 2 Wilson examines how people in western China use their plants in medicine and agriculture, including the important tea industry.

Release date Australia

July 7th, 2011

Author

Ernest Henry Wilson

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

44 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps

Pages

344

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9781108030465

Product ID

10424391

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