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"In a short life full of quiet, yet in its own way heroic, endeavour, Will Purdom, the son of a gardener from the North of England, carved out a successful career as a plant-hunter and forester. He rose to become a key figure in China's struggle to repair the ecology and sustainability of its forests after decades of ruinous logging. His name is honoured there but his self-effacing character means that he has been overlooked at home. Francois Gordon has teased out a history of incredible hardships and life-threatening perils in the war-torn interior of China in the early years of the 20th century; of a life dedicated to discovering plants in service of Country, gardens, science and commerce"--Back cover
The author of Pickled, Potted and Canned offers a fascinating horticultural history of the Scottish Veitch family who, for more than a century and five generations, pioneered commercial plant collection as well as the introduction of hundreds of new plants into gardens, houses, and conservatories. 15,000 first printing.
The spaceship came plummeting out of the sky-a soundless, streaking, purple glow, moving faster and faster until it ripped at the trees, crashed through them and struck sickeningly against a hill. Momentarily it flared brightly, then went out. It was not long after that the murders began-strange, inexplicable deaths, all the victims found with their heads crushed as if their skulls had exploded outward. The trail of victims led from Arkansas to Tennessee, to Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan -- sixteen unrelated people who had only one thing in common: All of their brains had withered, as if sucked dry of their contents... And somewhere wandered an evil stranger from another planet, his personality expanding, his brain power increasing, preparing for the inevitable encounter that could make him master of the world!
Find the right plant for the right place from an encyclopaedia of flowers, shrubs, herbs and more as chosen by the world’s best gardeners, designers and horticulturists.