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Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Margaret Oliphant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Sir Robert S Fortune written by Margaret Oliphant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with categories.
Robert Fortune
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Author : Alistair Watt
language : en
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Release Date : 2017
Robert Fortune written by Alistair Watt and has been published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the first full biography of the great Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune, famous for working in China and Japan from 1843 until 1861. This detailed presentation of his life includes an extensive analysis of his travels, plant collections and introductions, including the first maps ever produced of his collecting itineraries in China. Watt reveals that in order for Fortune to travel into the interior of China in search of new garden plants for the (later, Royal) Horticultural Society of London he had to adopt Chinese disguise, as it had been forbidden for Europeans to leave the confines of a few coastal Treaty ports. After the successful first expedition, Fortune made four more journeys to the Far East, including China, Taiwan and Japan in search of horticultural novelties. He succeeded admirably and very many of his discoveries are garden plants today. Two of his major expeditions were made in the employ of the British East India Company to aid the introduction of the tea industry into India and another expedition was carried out to investigate a possible tea industry in the USA. It has been a commonly accepted theme that Fortune was in some way 'a tea thief' and a 'spy'; the research in this book shows a completely different story. Using much new material Watt sets out to give a full account of the man, his explorations in 19th century China and the plants that he introduced into our gardens.
Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-02-27
Sir Robert S Fortune written by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-27 with categories.
Sir Robert's Fortune
Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Маргарет Олифант
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2018-08-11
Sir Robert S Fortune written by Маргарет Олифант and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-11 with Fiction categories.
Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
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Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Oliphant
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2013-09
Sir Robert S Fortune written by Oliphant and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
A Journey To The Tea Countries Of China
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Author : Robert Fortune
language : en
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Release Date : 1852
A Journey To The Tea Countries Of China written by Robert Fortune and has been published by London : J. Murray this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Assam (India) categories.
Sir Robert S Fortune A Novel
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Author : Oliphant
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-12-18
Sir Robert S Fortune A Novel written by Oliphant and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-18 with categories.
Excerpt from Chapter I: "We are to see each other no more." These words were breathed rather than spoken in the dim recess of a window, hidden behind ample curtains, the deep recess in which the window was set leaving room enough for two figures standing close together. Without was a misty night, whitened rather than lighted by a pale moon. "Who says so?" "Alas! my uncle," said the white figure, which looked misty, like the night, in undistinguishable whiteness amid the darkness round. The other figure was less distinguishable still, no more than a faint solidity in the atmosphere, but from it came a deeper whisper, the low sound of a man's voice. "Your uncle!" it said. There was character in the voices enough to throw some light upon the speakers, even though they were unseen. The woman's had a faint accentuation of feeling, not of anxiety, yet half defiance and half appeal. It seemed to announce a fact unchangeable, yet to look and hope for a contradiction. The man's had a tone of acceptance and dismay. The fiat which had gone forth was more real to him than to her, though she was in the position of asserting and he of opposing it. "Yes," she said, "Ronald, my uncle-who has the strings of the purse and every thing else in his hands--"
Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
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Sir Robert S Fortune
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Author : Mrs. Oliphant
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
Sir Robert S Fortune written by Mrs. Oliphant and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Fiction categories.
This work of fiction by Margaret Oliphant narrates the story of Lily Ramsay, a twenty-two-year-old girl who Lily is a caretaker of her gloomy uncle, Sir Robert Ramsay. It's decided that if she is obedient in every way, Sir Robert will leave her his fortune. But when Lily falls in love with an indigent barrister, Ronald Lumsden, Sir Robert disapproves of Ronald and sends Lily away from Edinburgh to an isolated Highland moor where he has an old place. Without caring about the money, Lily keeps her faith that Ronald will marry her and move with her to a better place, but Ronald is a diplomatic man. He advises Lily to be patient in the matter of marriage because of his selfish plans. Several significant events follow, including a shattering one, yet, Lily still has some hope to stick to. Mrs. Oliphant (1828-97) was a talented Scottish novelist and a historical writer whose works surround domestic realism, the historical novel, and tales of the supernatural.