John Ray (1627-1705)|Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)|Joseph Banks (1743-1820)|Francis Masson (1741-1805)|Carl Peter Thunberg (1742-1828)|David Douglas (1799-1834)|William Lobb (1809-1864)|Thomas Lobb (1817-1894)|Robert Fortune (1812-1880)|Marianne North (1830-1890)|Richard Spruce (1817-1893)|Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911)|Flower hunters.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-316) and index