David Douglas (1799-1834), the influential Scottish botanist and
plant collector, trained as a gardener before attending Perth
College and Glasgow University. His genius for botany flourished
and his talents came to the attention of the Royal Horticultural
Society. With the society's backing he went to North America in
1823, beginning his life-long fascination with the region's flora.
He discovered thousands of new species and introduced 240 of them
to Britain, including the Douglas fir. Douglas continued to explore
and discover plant species until his death in the Sandwich Islands
(present-day Hawaii) in 1834. This remarkable journal, which
remained unpublished until 1914, describes his adventures in North
America during 1823-7. It also includes extracts from his journal
of his explorations of Hawaii during 1833-4. The appendices include
a listing of the plants Douglas introduced to Britain, and
contemporary accounts of investigations into the mysterious
circumstances of his death.
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