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Plantsmans Paradise: Travels in China
Roy Lancaster
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Description for Plantsmans Paradise: Travels in China
Hardcover. Provides a practical assessment of the plants that are either of ornamental merit or botanical interest to gardeners in the West. This work describes some 1,000 different plants in their natural habitat and provides an account of China, its people, and the plants that have enriched the gardens of Europe and North America. Num Pages: 520 pages, 800col.ill. 70b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WMP; WNP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 248 x 45. Weight in Grams: 3170. A Plantsman's Paradise. 520 pages, 800col.ill. 70b&w. Provides a practical assessment of the plants that are either of ornamental merit or botanical interest to gardeners in the West. This work describes some 1,000 different plants in their natural habitat and provides an account of China, its people, and the plants that have enriched the gardens of Europe and North America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; WMP; WNP; WTL. Dimension: 308 x 248 x 45. Weight: 3156.
China truly is a plantsman's paradise: it is so rich in variety that there are upwards of 3,000 native plants on a single mountain in China - compared to around 2,000 in the whole of the British Isles. And, in the province of Yunnan alone, there are 137 species of oaks and oak relatives - in Britain we have just 2!
This book successfully combines a most enjoyable and detailed account of the well-known author's many journeys through China. First and foremost, Travels in China provides a practical assessment of the Chinese plants that ... Read more
China truly is a plantsman's paradise: it is so rich in variety that there are upwards of 3,000 native plants on a single mountain in China - compared to around 2,000 in the whole of the British Isles. And, in the province of Yunnan alone, there are 137 species of oaks and oak relatives - in Britain we have just 2!
This book successfully combines a most enjoyable and detailed account of the well-known author's many journeys through China. First and foremost, Travels in China provides a practical assessment of the Chinese plants that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851495153
SKU
V9781851495153
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Roy Lancaster
Roy Lancaster has had a long and distinguished career as a plantsman and is known internationally for his writing, lecturing, television work and as a regular panellist on Radio 4's 'Gardeners' Question Time'.
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