Book ID: 46751
Gilbert, Lionel
The Orchid Man. The Life, Work and Memoirs of the Rev. H.M.R.Rupp 1872-1956. Publ.1992. Illustr. 248 p. gr8vo.
This book is illustrated with many of Rupp's fine line drawings ofochids.- Contents (partly): The Orchid Man (Despair and Deliverance/New Kith and Kin/ Country and Calling/ 'Tiresome Monkey' but PromisingNaturalist/ Geelong Days/ The Season of Trinity/ Cures of Souls, Habitats of Plants/ Man of Letters, Man of Science/ Retirement andRecognition)/ Recollections of an Amateur Botanist H.M.R.Rupp ( Earlydays/ The Hobby Progresses/ Tamworth and Warialda/ The Clarence/etc.).