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The plant hunters : two hundred years of adventure and discovery around the world / Toby Musgrave, Chris Gardner and Will Musgrave.

Title
The plant hunters : two hundred years of adventure and discovery around the world / Toby Musgrave, Chris Gardner and Will Musgrave.
Author
Musgrave, Toby
Publication
London : Seven Dials, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Gardner, Chris
  • Musgrave, Will
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection wid
Description
224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports., col. facsims.,; 25 cm.
Summary
This is the story of the men who travelled through remote and beautiful lands, often in great peril, to collect the plants that shaped Western garden design for 200 years. This book is illustrated with portraits, photographs and maps.
Subject
  • Plant introduction
  • Plant collecting > History
  • Plant collectors > Travel > Great Britain
  • Plant collectors > Great Britain > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Note
  • A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
  • Originally published: London: Ward Lock, 1998.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-220) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1841880019
OCLC
  • 59378279
  • SCSB-10714041
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library