London, New Flora and Silva, 1930, First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which 450 are for sale. . original white cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light foxing on few margins, name whitened out on endpaper, bookplate removed, one blank corner of leaf torn off, very good, clean. . 4to [28 x 21 cm]; xi, 113 pp, frontis portrait of Farrer, 12 fine color plates from Farrer's paintings in the field, 4 black & white plates, comprehensive annotated bibliography of all of Farrer's works. . Farrer was one of the most important plant hunters of his time and introduced hundreds of plants to the west that we now take for granted in our gardens (see Coats, The Plant Hunters, p. 132, etc). Farrer collected plants extensively in Kansu, Burma, Ahkyang Valley, and elsewhere. Cox, a plant hunter of merit also, had accompanied Farrer on one of his expeditions in Asia, became a popular gardening writer of the time, and here provides a detailed introduction to Farrer's travels and edited his notes on each plant described. This work lists 1920 plants that Farrer collected, which had been named up to that point. Farrer's descriptions of each plant are augmented by Cox's comments. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Bookseller: Horizon Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: J13299
Title: The Plant Introductions of Reginald Farrer
Author: COX, E. H. M.;
Format/Binding: Original white cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light foxing on few margins, name whitened out on endpaper, bookplate removed,
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, New Flora and Silva, 1930, First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which 450 are for sale.
Size: 4to [28 x 21 cm]; xi, 113 pp, fr
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - Asia;

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