Plant Hunter In Tibet

For more than fifty years, Ward travelled remote areas of the Far East looking for beautiful flowers and shrubs likely to thrive in western gardens and for new botanical specimens. His discoveries included new kinds of rhododendrons, lilies, gentians, primulas and the legendary Tibetan blue poppy. This is a narrative of his adventures and discoveries in Tibet in 1933, illustrated with his own photographs. Ward conveys the excitement of exploration, the thrill of danger and the rewards of discovery as, in one precarious situation after another, he discovers new plants and seeds.

Frank Kingdon Ward

PREFACE INTRODUCTION I UNADMINISTERED TERRITORY: JUNGLE WAYS II THE HOT VALLEY III THE VALLEY WHERE NO MAN GOES IV FIRST FLOWERS V ORDEAL BY FLOGGING VI THE RIVER OF ICE VII PLANT HUNTING VIII FILMING THE FLOWERS IX OVER THE GREAT SNOW RANGE X THE LONE MONASTERY XI HIGH LIFE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD XII EXPLORING XIII THE RIDDLE OF THE SALWEEN XIV NINGRI TANGOR XV THE DESERTED FORT XVI THE FIGHT IN THE DZONG XVII LOST ON THE GREAT RANGE XVIII THE ROAD TO RU XIX FAREWELL TO THE MONASTERY XX THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS XXI THE GLAMOUR OF THE MOUNTAINS XXII OVER THE LAST PASS XXIII THE MISHMI HILLS