In the Land of the Blue Poppies by Frank Kingdon Ward

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In the Land of the Blue Poppies by Frank Kingdon Ward

A Modern Library Paperback Original

During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world's gardens. Kingdon Ward's accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and>House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
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ISBN 13 9780812967395
ISBN 10 0812967399
Title In the Land of the Blue Poppies
Author Frank Kingdon Ward
Series Modern Library Gardening
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2003-04-15
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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