| A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun: Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel Contributor(s): Wilson, Ernest Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108030467 ISBN-13: 9781108030465 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - History |
| Dewey: 581.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.96 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930) was introduced to China in 1899 when, as a promising young botanist, he was sent there by horticulturalist Henry Veitch (1840-1924) to collect the seed of the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, for propagation in Britain. Subsequent trips saw Wilson bringing back hundreds of seed samples and plant collections, introducing many Chinese plants to Europe and North America. He wrote extensively about his travels in China: this two-volume work was published in 1913. Although much of the text is concerned with plant life, Wilson also gives a great deal of attention to the wider landscape around him. In addition, Wilson took a camera, and these volumes contain photographs of parts of China rarely seen by Europeans in the early twentieth century. In Volume 2 Wilson examines how people in western China use their plants in medicine and agriculture, including the important tea industry. |