In the Land of Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward
written by Francis Kingdon-Ward, introduction by Jamaica Kincaid

In the early 1900s, Frank Kingdon-Ward, an Indiana Jones figure in the plant world, went on twenty-two expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous plants previously unknown in Europe and America -- many of which bear his name as their genus or species -- and the introduction of their seeds into English, American, and European gardens. Kingdon-Ward's expeditions were wildly adventurous and romantic: scaling the Himalayas in search of the fabled and elusive slipper orchid, fending off a venomous snake while hunting the insect-devouring Assamese pitcher plant. Although he wrote more than twenty-five books, all but one are out of print, most for as long as seventy-five years. This original anthology, edited by House and Garden columnist Tom Christopher, collects the most gripping and notable accounts of his plant adventures.

ZN7399    In the Land of Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant      $19.00

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