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Pioneering Plantsman AK Bulley and the Great Plant Hunters

Out of Print
By: Brenda McLean
184 pages, Col & b/w illus
Pioneering Plantsman
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  • Pioneering Plantsman ISBN: 9780112500186 Hardback May 1997 Out of Print #64629
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About this book

History of Bulley (1861-1942), a Liverpool cotton broker who paid plant hunters to scour the mountains of China and the Himalayas for alpines and hardy plants, and who created the Ness Gardens.

Contents

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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Out of Print
By: Brenda McLean
184 pages, Col & b/w illus
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