David Douglas Explorer and Botanist. with species by species descriptions

with species by species descriptions accompanied by colour photographs and distribution maps to aid identification

Lots of interesting photographs

Burstall & E

The annual yearbook

minerals and future energy

David Douglas Explorer and Botanist. with species by species descriptionsAnn Lindsay Mitchell and Syd House. A biography of Scotsman David Douglas who was a plant collector for the Horticultural Society of London, and who set out, in 1824, to explore Western Canada. For the next ten years he travelled throughout the vast land collecting its flora and observing its inhabitants. He was the first European to describe and collect seed of 210 species, one of which, the Douglas fir, now bears his name. He walked 10,000 miles,