George Forrest Plant Hunter. printed boards

printed boards

Explores the many ways in which the New Zealand flora has been used in cuisine

both native and introduced

Two volumes together

During the so called period of tulipomania a single rare sport bulb could change hands for a small fortune

George Forrest Plant Hunter. printed boardsBrenda McLean. Scotsman George Forrest, 1873 1932, was one of the most intrepid and successful plant hunters of the twentieth century. He first went to China in 1904, to the then remote Sino Himalayan region, and over the ensuing years he collected over 31,000 herbarium specimens and introduced hundreds of new plants to cultivation in Europe, especially Rhododendrons. This account draws on Forrests own letters and those of contemporaries to describe