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Excerpt from A Naturalist in Western China, Vol. 1: With Vasculum, Camera, and Gun, Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery KingdomAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to d...

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Excerpt from The Conifers and Taxads of Japan, Vol. 8The subfamily Taxodieae is represented by the endemic Sciadopitys verticillata S. Z. And by Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. The latter tree was discovered on the Chusan Islands in China by James Cunningham in 1701, but it is doubt ful if it is really indigenous anywhere outside of Japan. Of the subfamily Cupresseae, Chamaecypam's obtusa S. Z. Also grows in Formosa and Thuja Stan dishii Carr. In...

Excerpt from A Monograph of Azaleas: Rhododendron Subgenus AnthodendronThe value Of Azaleas as garden plants in the eastern United States, where few of the Rhododendrons with persistent leaves can be successfully cultivated, has led to the critical studies of these plants which appear on the following pages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book...

Excerpt from A Naturalist in Western China, With Vasculum, Camera, and Gun, Vol. 1: Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery KingdomTwo or three of the chapters I first published in the Gardeners' Chronicle during 1905 - 6, and that on insect white-wax in the Chemist and Druggist, 1906, but these have been remodelled to suit present require ments, and amended and corrected...

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Excerpt from The Romance of Our Trees The preparation of these essays has been largely a recreation, and in sending them forth in collective form it is hoped that readers may find in the romance of our trees not only interest but inspiration. A résumé of twelve chapters has appeared in The Garden Magazine for 1919 - 20, that on the autumn tints is reprinted from my Aristocrats of the Garden. To the esteemed editor of The Garden Magazine 1 am ...

Naturalist Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930) spent much of his career in China, collecting seeds and plant samples. This two-volume work, published in 1913, details one such expedition. Volume 1 gives an account of Wilson's expedition, and Volume 2 describes the Chinese use of plants in medicine and agriculture.

A detailed account of a journey through Western China by a plant collector who spent much of his career there.

A detailed account of a journey through Western China by a plant collector who spent much of his career there.

Excerpt from A Naturalist in Western China, With Vasculum, Camera, and Gun, Vol. 1: Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom Two or three of the chapters I first published in the Gardeners' Chronicle during 1905 - 6, and that on insect white-wax in the Chemist and Druggist, 1906, but these have been remodelled to suit present require ments, and amended and correct...

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Excerpt from The Romance of Our Trees The preparation of these essays has been largely a recreation, and in sending them forth in collective form it is hoped that readers may find in the romance of our trees not only interest but inspiration. A résumé of twelve chapters has appeared in The Garden Magazine for 1919 - 20, that on the autumn tints is reprinted from my Aristocrats of the Garden. To the esteemed editor of The Garden Magazine 1 am ...

Excerpt from A Naturalist in Western China, Vol. 2: With Vasculum, Camera, and Gun, Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom Our knowledge of the marvellous richness of the Chinese ¿ora has been very slowly built up. Travellers, missionaries of all denominations, merchants, consuls, Maritime Customs officials, and all sorts and conditions of men have added their q...