Title: The plant hunters
First published: 1983
Description: Biographical and botanical accounts of the most important plant hunters , beginning with John Tradescant the Elder    (? - 1638) and continuing to the most recent Joseph Rock who died in 1962 .  Contains  lists of plants collected by each.    Fascinating reading for any    gardener  interested in knowing where their plants originated.
Subjects: Plant collectors, Biography, dangers of plant hunting, botanical characteristics, origins of plant species., Botanists
Places: Great Britain, Europe, Africa, China, Amazon, North America.
People: Tradescant, Fortune, Hooker, Ernest Henry Wilson, Joseph Rock
Time periods: 1600's to today.
LC classification: QK26 .L9 1983