China: Mother of Gardens

Boston: The Stratford Company, 1929. First Edition, signed on the half-title. With 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. With map. [vi], x, [i] ,408 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo [26.5 x 18 cm.]. Original decorated black cloth, t.e.g. First Edition, signed on the half-title. With 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. With map. [vi], x, [i] ,408 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo [26.5 x 18 cm.]. A famous and comprehensive description of the flora of China by the keeper of the Arnold Aboretum, Harvard University, who was responsible for the introduction of over a thousand Chinese plants to the West.