Work on paper - Robert Fortune (1812-1880), Carolyn Blackman, "Empire of Flowers" in Australian Garden history, Vol.12 No.5 March/April 2001, C. March/April 2001
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Carolyn Blackman, "Empire of Flowers" in Australian Garden history, Vol.12 No.5 March/April 2001. Robert Fortune (1812-1880).
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Robert Fortune introduced 190 species of Chinese plants to Britain and the West.
Significance
This article gives a brief background to some of the plants originally from China, that can be seen in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
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2 pages of print in columns. The first page has three pictures of plants on the lefthand side with a floral background. The second page has a floral backround on the righthand side.
