Plant Hunter In Tibet

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Routledge
09 September 2016

Memoirs; Trees, wildflowers & plants; Expeditions

First published in 2006. Gardens in Britain and America today owe much to the exploits of explorer and plant hunter Frank Kingdon Ward. Over fifty years, Ward travelled remote areas of the Far East looking for beautiful flowers and shrubs likely to thrive in western gardens, while also searching for new botanical specimens and recording geographical information on the unexplored country through which he passed. His discoveries include new kinds of rhododendrons, lilies, gentians, primulas and the legendary Tibetan blue poppy. This is a narrative of his adventures and discoveries in Tibet in 1933, illustrated with his own photographs Travelling light, Ward scrambles up snow gullies, descends by rope into dark ravines, dodges rockslides and avalanches fends off attacks by tribespeople, takes yak tea with lamas and ascends to the highest peaks to be rewarded with the sight of turquoise poppies, deep gamboge primulas and rhododendrons as red and vivid as lava. Ward conveys all the excitement of exploration, the thrill of danger and the rewards of discovery as, in one precarious situation after another, he discovers new plants and seeds. Both a book of travel and of gardening history, Ward's account reminds us how the exotic plants we now take for granted found their adventurous w ay into our gardens, greatly enriching our enjoyment of them.

By: Ward
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781138978553
ISBN 10: 1138978558
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 09 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PREFACE INTRODUCTION I UNADMINISTERED TERRITORY: JUNGLE WAYS II THE HOT VALLEY III THE VALLEY WHERE NO MAN GOES IV FIRST FLOWERS V ORDEAL BY FLOGGING VI THE RIVER OF ICE VII PLANT HUNTING VIII FILMING THE FLOWERS IX OVER THE GREAT SNOW RANGE X THE LONE MONASTERY XI HIGH LIFE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD XII EXPLORING XIII THE RIDDLE OF THE SALWEEN XIV NINGRI TANGOR XV THE DESERTED FORT XVI THE FIGHT IN THE DZONG XVII LOST ON THE GREAT RANGE XVIII THE ROAD TO RU XIX FAREWELL TO THE MONASTERY XX THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS XXI THE GLAMOUR OF THE MOUNTAINS XXII OVER THE LAST PASS XXIII THE MISHMI HILLS

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