Book ID: 73952
Stearn, William T. (ed.)
John Lindley 1799 - 1865. Gardener - Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist. Bicentenary Celebration Volume. 1999. Illustr. 231 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This well illustrated volume marks the bicentenary of Lindley's birthin 1799. It provides an interesting general account of Lindley's life,achievements and financial difficulties, supplemented with contributions by specialists on Lindley as orchidologist,horticulturist and palaeobotanist. It also provides accounts of theLindley Library, the Lindley archive in British Columbia, the LindleyMedal of the Royal Horticultural Society together with a complete listof his numerous publications.