Table of Contents

Preface -- Preface to 1977 edition -- Historical introduction by William T. Stearn -- Bibliography of Works Consulted -- Books -- Periodicals -- Abbreviations -- Biographical Entries -- Subject Index -- Professions, etc. -- Plants -- Countries, etc.

About the Author

Ray Desmond was formerly Chief Librarian and Archivist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London and Deputy Keeper of the India Office Library and Records. He is also a former Chairman of the Garden History Society and past President of the Society for the History of Natural History. Christine Ellwood is Science Librarian at the J B Morrell Library at the University of York.