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Wilson's China: A Century On

 Author(s) Tony Kirkham and Mark Flanagan 
 Publisher Kew Publishing, 2009
 Description  Ernest Wilson was the foremost plant collector of his generation, responsible for introducing over 1,000 species to our gardens in the West. The authors of this book reveal Wilson's adventures through excerpts from his own writings as well as describing their own experiences tracing his journeys in the wilds of China today.
Wilson's legacy includes glass plate photographs taken in Sichuan at the beginning of the 20th century, depicting landscapes, villages, river scenes, people and plants, veteran and exceptional trees. Armed with copies of these images, and with the help of Chinese guides and local knowledge, the authors retraced Wilson's footsteps, taking photographs themselves. The result is a splendid series of 'then and now' images which are a key feature of this informative homage to a great plant hunter.

256pp. 280 x 238mm. Colour and b&w photographs. Hardback.

ISBN: 9781842463949
 
 
 Price £28.00 $42.00
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