Macqueen Cowan, Dr. J. (Ed.). The Journeys and and Plant Introductions of George Forrest.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Univ. Press. 1952 pp.xi, 252 with col. & b/w. plates and col. folding map. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends, o/w. a fine hardback in good to vg. dw.
George Forrest (1873–1932) was a Scottish botanist, who became one of the first western explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country. Altogether, Forrest made seven trips to Yunnan, collecting samples and seeds for the Herbarium and for avid collectors willing to pay for new species to add to their collections. In total, he brought back perhaps 31,000 plant specimens.
£27.50 [ref: 31503]

McLean, Brenda. A Pioneering Plantsman. A K Bulley and the Great Plant Hunters.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Stationary Office. 1997 pp.xvi, 184 with colour, b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. A little spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
‘This is the story of Arthur K. Bulley (1861-1942), a Liverpool cotton broker in an era of Empire and exploration.’
£16.00 [ref: 72245]

Mitchell, A.L. & House, S. David Douglas. Explorer and Botanist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Arum Press. 1999 pp.xiii, 241 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
A biography of the Scottish botanist and plant-hunter. He devoted his attention to North America where he was the first to collect and describe 210 species, not least the tree which bears his name.
£4.00 [ref: 43310]

Morwood, W. Traveller in a Vanished Landscape. The Life and Times of David Douglas, Botanical Explorer.
Pub. Potter. 1973 pp.244 with illus. VG. in good to vg. dw.
£18.00 [ref: 36664]

Musgrave, Toby & Will. An Empire of Plants. People and Plants that changed the World.
1st. Pub. Cassell. 2000 pp.192 with many fine illustrations. Fine copy in similar dw.
For over 300 years , plants have been at the heart of Europe’s trade and power. This book explores the stories of seven plants -tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber. These plants changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil.
£15.00 [ref: 36403]

Samuel, H.J. Wild Flower Hunter. The Story of Ellis Rowan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Constable. 1961 pp.151 with b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw., darkened in places.
£7.00 [ref: 51898]

Samuel, H.J. Wild Flower Hunter. The Story of Ellis Roan.
Pub. Constable. 1961 pp.151 with some text illus. plus colour frontis. A thor. vg. copy in sl. foxed dustwrapper.
£7.50 [ref: 43352]

Sargent, Charles Sprague (Ed). Plantae Wilsonianae: An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University During the Years 1907, 1908, & 1910 by E.H. Wilson.
Rep. Pub. Dioscorides Press, Oregon. 1988 Three volume set. 8vo. Light spotting to top edges of text-blocks o/w. fine hardbacks in fine dws. Out-of-print.
Reissue of this classic work on the Chinese flora, first published between 1913 and 1917, and listing 2,716 species.
£49.50 [ref: 65287]

Shephard, S. Seeds of Fortune. A Gardening Dynasty.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2003 pp.xix, 300 with colour plates and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Out-of-print.
A captivating account of adventure, big business and Veitch family intrigue in the horticultural world.
£10.00 [ref: 61222]

Shulman, N. A Rage for Rock Gardening. The story of Reginald Farrer, gardener, writer and plant collector.
Pub. Short Books. 2002 pp. 126. Fine hardback with dw.
£4.00 [ref: 43052]