Book ID: 28758
BEST, Barbara J.
George William Francis.First Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 1986. 33 figs. 1 col.portr. XIII,182 p.gr8vo.Hardbound.
This is the story of an archetypal plantsman. To create his ownBotanical Garden, where he could surround himself with a rich array offlowers, trees and shrubs, representative of all the quarters of theglobe, was a life-long dream for George William Francis, even though hehad to go to the opposite end of the world to do so.