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Fathers of botany : the discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries / Jane Kilpatrick.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780226206707 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 022620670X (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9781842465141 (cloth : alkaline paper : Kew Publishing)
  • 1842465147 (cloth : alkaline paper : Kew Publishing)
  • 1842465902 (electronic)
  • 9781842465905 (electronic)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK26 .K55 2014
Contents:
A dangerous vocation -- The open door -- North of the Great Wall -- Land of the white bear -- The Qinling -- A botanical Eden -- The riches of Yunnan -- Our dear project -- Convalescence and return -- A most interesting flora -- Interesting specimens -- North of the Qinling -- The Tibetan borders -- A devoted and indefatigable collector -- The flower garden of the world -- Rebellion -- Final years.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK26 .K55 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800153405
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references.

A dangerous vocation -- The open door -- North of the Great Wall -- Land of the white bear -- The Qinling -- A botanical Eden -- The riches of Yunnan -- Our dear project -- Convalescence and return -- A most interesting flora -- Interesting specimens -- North of the Qinling -- The Tibetan borders -- A devoted and indefatigable collector -- The flower garden of the world -- Rebellion -- Final years.

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