Naturalist in Western China With Vasculum, Camera and Gun - Being Some Account of Eleven Years'' Travel

Klappentext A detailed account of a journey through Western China by a plant collector who spent much of his career there. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Henry Wilson, Wilson Ernest Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781108030465
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03046-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture; A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; China, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Botany & plant sciences, Classic Travel Writing, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Botany and plant sciences, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China