| Description |
x, 332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Prologue : John Ray (1627-1705) -- 1. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) -- 2. Joseph Banks (1743-1820) -- 3. Francis Masson (1741-1805) and Carl Peter Thunberg (1742-1828) -- 4. David Douglas (1799-1834) -- 5. William Lobb (1809-1864) and Thomas Lobb (1817-1894) -- 6. Robert Fortune (1812-1880) -- 7. Marianne North (1830-1890) -- 8. Richard Spruce (1817-1893) -- 9. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) -- Notes -- Sources and further reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Botanists -- Biography.
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Botanists -- Biography. |
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Plant collectors -- Biography.
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Plant collectors. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Plant collecting -- History.
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Plant collecting. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Gribbin, John, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9780192807182 |
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0192807188 |
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