Book ID: 105742
Noltie, H. J.
The Botanical Collections of Colonel and Mrs. Walker: Ceylon, 1830 - 1838. 2013. illus. IX, 270 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Contents: Introd./ Ceylon: Historical Background - Politics and Land -Use Change/ Ceylon: Phyical Background and Vegetation/ A BriefHistory of Botanical Exploration in Ceylon/ The Walker's BotanicalContribution/ Anna Maria Patton and George Warren Walker: Lives inBrief/ George Walker - Arnott and the Pugillus Plantarum IndiaeOrientalis/ Taxa Described by Arnott/ Taxa Described by Hooker, Wightand Nees, Based On Walker Collections/ The Botanical Drawings of AnnaMaria Walker/ The Letters and Journals/ References/ Index of scientificnames. - The Walkers were major players in the botanical explorationof the botanical riches of Ceylon.