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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 September 2012
    03 October 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139095600
    9781108037211
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095600
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.4kg, 314 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Reginald J. Farrer (1880–1920) was a traveller and plant collector who was an important influence on horticultural style in England. In 1902 he embarked on an expedition to Asia, where he was inspired by the rock gardens of Tokyo, Yokohama and Beijing, and discovered plant species such as Clematis macropetala, and the eponymous Geranium farreri and Viburnum farreri, which are now common in European gardens. In his first book, published in 1904, he records his experiences in Japan and other Asian countries, vividly recounting his impressions of, and his passion for, eastern landscape, terrain, plantations, forestry and flora, of which the aesthetic characteristics became central to the rockeries and shrubberies he created on his return home. Farrer died while on an expedition at the early age of forty, but the legacy of his highly influential writings and his wide-ranging plant introductions remains significant today.

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