H21 – A Quest og Flowers. The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff

This is the story of two men , Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff who travelled the Himalaya of Bhutan and South-eastern Tibet, in quest for flowers. Their rich and varied finds, from 1933 to 1949, have enlarged botanical knowledge, and delighted British gardeners with many new and vivid plants. The story is told from the travellers diaries and illustrated from their photographs by their friend and colleague Dr. Harold Fletcher, former keeper of The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. In its detail and accuracy it will satisfy the professional botanist, providing him at last with a valuable scientific account of their achievement. It will no less delight the armchair traveller ( for whose ease the publisher have provided a score of maps) with a narrative of exotic lands, their scenes, and people.