Plant collecting in another planet : E.H. Wilson in Australia 1920-21 / Margaret J. Grose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grose, Margaret J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Ernest Henry, 1876-1930--Travel--Australia.

Wilson, Ernest Henry.

Plant collecting--Australia.

Plant collecting.

Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--Australia.

Botanical specimens.

Botany--Australia.

Botany.

Australia--Description and travel.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xi, 398 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

E.H. Wilson in Australia 1920-21

Place of Publication:

Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"Ernest H. Wilson (1876-1930), trained at Kew Gardens, became Harvard's most famous plant collector in the early decades of the twentieth century, and established his fame through travels in China and his superb photography. In 1920-21 Wilson collected in Australia, where he was astounded by the plants he found and thought them so different to anything in the Northern Hemisphere that it was like collecting in 'another planet.' Wilson's Australian journey was largely undocumented and the extent of his collection unknown until Margaret Grose unravelled his travels, scrawled pencil diary entries, images from the Arnold Arboretum, and the hundreds of plant specimens found in the Harvard Herbaria. In this book, Grose tells a tale of Wilson's travels across Australia and the plants collected with insight into how the landscapes Wilson saw have since changed. Of note, Wilson appeared free to speak his mind on what he called the 'arboricidal mania' of Australia's appalling treatment of its trees: 'For God's sake Stop!' he said with mounting anger. Margaret Grose's Plant Collecting in Another Planet presents fascinating new insights into the deeper thoughts of one of the world's great plant collectors."--Page [4] of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-386) and index.

ISBN:

1760803081

9781760803087

OCLC:

1545275775