Plant Hunting for Kew. Gwen Skinner

Gwen Skinner

Cooper and R

Alphabetical section gives detailed instructions for over 200 genera and species

Thirty-four interesting stories of women of history who now have their names commemorated by garden rose varieties

Washington

Plant Hunting for Kew. Gwen SkinnerF. Nigel Hepper, editor. Twenty accounts, by different writers, of Kew plant hunting expeditions to remote places over a period of some thirty years or so prior to 1989. This fascinating book includes stories of collecting adventures in tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Solomon Islands, Nepal, the Middle East and China. It also provides details of the new plants found. Fine colour photographs complement the engaging text. HMSO Royal Botanic Gardens