A pioneering plantsman : A K Bulley and the great plant hunters

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    • McLean, Brenda

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A pioneering plantsman : A K Bulley and the great plant hunters

Brenda McLean

Stationery Office, c1997

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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内容説明

Presents the story of Arthur K. Bulley (1861-1942), a Liverpool cotton broker in an era of Empire and exploration. With a nose for profit and a love of flowers, he paid intrepid plant hunters to scour the mountains of China and the Himalayas for alpines and hardy plants. The plant hunters became famous, new species were discovered and gardens were subsequently enriched. The text portrays Bulley as a colourful eccentric and visionary with a passion for new and rare alpine and hardy plants. It describes how he created Ness Gardens from fields and established a famous nursery, Bees Ltd, to show and promote new flowers.

目次

  • Introduction - Liverpool: the gateway and the Empire
  • Bulley's background - free thinking Victorians
  • West Kirby - springboard to success
  • Ness Gardens
  • George Forrest and Bees Ltd
  • Francis Kingdon Ward - the search widens
  • R.E. Cooper in Sikkim and Bhutan
  • Reginald Farrer in China and Burma
  • Mount Everest and after
  • Snowdon - conflict with conservationists
  • the perservering plantsman
  • Bulley's contribution. Epilogue - 100 years on
  • BBC talk - the fascination of Alpines.

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