George Forrest Plant Hunter. Two volumes together

Two volumes together

Explores the many ways in which the New Zealand flora has been used in cuisine

It attempts to give long overdue recognition to the considerable contribution to the development of Canterbury made by those who lived in Lyttelton between 1849 and 1851

Godwit Random House

(1872-1956) was an Australian orchid enthusiast

George Forrest Plant Hunter. Two volumes togetherBrenda McLean. Scotsman George Forrest, 1873 1932, was one of the most intrepid and successful plant hunters of the twentieth century. He first went to China in 1904, to the then remote Sino Himalayan region, and over the ensuing years he collected over 31,000 herbarium specimens and introduced hundreds of new plants to cultivation in Europe, especially Rhododendrons. This account draws on Forrests own letters and those of contemporaries to describe