In the footsteps of Augustine Henry and his Chinese plant collectors / Seamus O'Brien ; foreword by Roy Lancaster.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Seamus, 1970-
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Garden Art Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Henry, Augustine, > 1857-1930.
Plant collecting > China > History.
Plant collectors > China > History.
Botany > China.
Physical Description:367 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 31 cm
Variant Title:
Augustine Henry.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Famine and farewell : a new life in China
  • Upon the Fairy Raft : exploring Yichang
  • Tracing the seasons through Yichang and Badong
  • To the roof of central China
  • A pilgrimage to Yichang
  • To the snows of Tibet with Antwerp Pratt
  • A transfer to Hainan
  • To the tropics of Taiwan
  • To Taiwan by way of Shanghai and Hong Kong
  • To the wilds of Yunnan
  • A transfer to Simao
  • End of an odyssey : Yunnan Province
  • Henry the forester
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Augustine Henry's plants
  • Appendix 2. Chinese place names
  • Appendix 3. Augustine Henry (1857-1930) : a chronology
  • Appendix 4: Select glossary
  • Appendix 5: Notes
  • Appendix 6: Select bibliography
  • Index of plants
  • Index of places and people.