The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery around the World

Second-Hand. ISBN: 9781841880013. Published by: Cassell. A paperback in fine condition.The authors, specialists in horticulture and garden history, trace the journeys of ten of the most significant plant hunters from the 18th century through to the last of the true professionals, Frank Kingdon-Ward. The expeditions range from South America, New Zealand and Australia, North America, California, South America, South East Asia, to the Himalaya and China.