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A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun - Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel (Paperback)
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A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun - Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture, Volume 2
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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.
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