The Plant Hunters: being an examination of collecting with an account of the careers & the methods of a number of those who have searched the world for wild plants

by Tyler Whittle

Paperback, 1988

Call number

QK 61 .T8 1988

Publication

PAJ Publications

Description

Tales of the botanist explorers who enriched our gardens.

Pages

281

Tags

Biography

ISBN

1555540376 / 9781555540371

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