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From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden

Christian Lamb

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Description:The author has been to extraordinary lengths to find out what risks the early plant collectors took to bring us the plants we know and love today: who found what, where and how similar their finds are to the plants we grow today. In a richly illustrated and lively book about the special plants that Christian grows in her small garden in Cornwall, her 'Living Plant Museum', the plants are chosen mostly because she likes them. Christian tells us which collectors found her treasures, and the amazing challenges they faced bringing them back to our shores in this colourful history. She quotes from diaries and personal writings which bring her hero plantaholics to life. She has dug deep into the Linnean, Kew, British Royal Horticultural and Natural History libraries to unearth all kinds of new or little known facts and also gaily recounts her own intrepid adventures following in the footsteps of the early collectors. She travelled around New Zealand in the wake of Joseph Banks, up the Yangtze after Robert Fortune, North, South and Central America in the paths of Lewis and Clark, the Lobb brothers and others. All the more inspiring since Christian Lamb is a spry octogenarian! A beautifully illustrated tome with richly coloured artworks and gorgeious colour photos throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden. To get started finding From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The author has been to extraordinary lengths to find out what risks the early plant collectors took to bring us the plants we know and love today: who found what, where and how similar their finds are to the plants we grow today. In a richly illustrated and lively book about the special plants that Christian grows in her small garden in Cornwall, her 'Living Plant Museum', the plants are chosen mostly because she likes them. Christian tells us which collectors found her treasures, and the amazing challenges they faced bringing them back to our shores in this colourful history. She quotes from diaries and personal writings which bring her hero plantaholics to life. She has dug deep into the Linnean, Kew, British Royal Horticultural and Natural History libraries to unearth all kinds of new or little known facts and also gaily recounts her own intrepid adventures following in the footsteps of the early collectors. She travelled around New Zealand in the wake of Joseph Banks, up the Yangtze after Robert Fortune, North, South and Central America in the paths of Lewis and Clark, the Lobb brothers and others. All the more inspiring since Christian Lamb is a spry octogenarian! A beautifully illustrated tome with richly coloured artworks and gorgeious colour photos throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden. To get started finding From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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