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Klappentext Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930) was introduced to China in 1899 when, as a promising young botanist, he was sent there by horticulturalist Henry Veitch (1840-1924) to collect the seed of the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, for propagation in Britain. Subsequent trips saw Wilson bringing back hundreds of seed samples and plant collections, introducing many Chinese plants to Europe and North America. He wrote extensively about his travels in China: this two-volume work was published in 1913. Although much of the text is concerned with plant life, Wilson also gives a great deal of attention to the wider landscape around him. In addition, Wilson took a camera, and these volumes contain photographs of parts of China rarely seen by Europeans in the early twentieth century. In Volume 2 Wilson examines how people in western China use their plants in medicine and agriculture, including the important tea industry. Zusammenfassung Naturalist Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) spent much of his career in China, collecting seeds and plant samples. In Volume 2 of this work of 1913, Wilson describes how the Chinese use their plants in medicine and agriculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The flora of Western China - a brief account of the richest temperate flora in the world; 2. The principal timber trees; 3. Fruits, wild and cultivated; 4. Chinese materia medica; 5. Gardens and gardening - favourite flowers cultivated by the Chinese; 6. Agriculture - the principal food-stuff crops; 7. The more important plant products - wild and cultivated trees of economic importance; 8. The more important plant products - cultivated shrubs and herbs of economic value; 9. Tea and 'tea-yielding' plants - the tea industry for the Thibetan markets; 10. Insect white-wax; 11. Sport in Western China - pheasants and other game birds; 12. Sport in Western China - wild-fowl shooting on the Ya River; 13. Sport in Western China - ruminant and other game animals; 14. Sport in Western China - carnivorous and other animals, including monkeys; 15. Western China - minerals and mineral wealth; 16. Conclusion; Index....
