Roy Lancaster : My life with plants
Lancaster, Roy2017
Book
Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's birth on 6th December 1937 was the start of something big for plants and horticulture. His chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment brought him fame as a Bolton schoolboy and sowed the seeds of his future career. This book is the story of his adventures with plants - from learning the ropes as a young apprentice to curatorship of the Hillier Gardens and Arboretum and a dynamic freelance career.
Main title:
Roy Lancaster : My life with plants / Roy Lancaster.
Author:
Lancaster, Roy, author
Imprint:
Bath : Filbert Press, 2017.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780993389252 (hbk)
Dewey class:
635.092800.586920
Language:
English
Index terms:
Bolton museum moss bank park castle hill school Alfred Hazlewood ainsworth family clifford heyes Vicar charles edward shaw field naturalists society william edward lancaster smithills hall heaton cemetery raveden wood hall ith wood local author
BRN:
2458704