| Frank Kingdon-Ward List of links. |
| I would like most of all to offer links to pages about some of the other great plant hunters and botanists who have so enriched our gardens. In particular George Forrest, Robert Fortune, E.H. Wilson, also Joseph Rock, John Fraser, Phillip von Siebold, David Douglas, William Lobb, Charles Maries, Pere Jean Delavay I am sure there are others. If there is anyone out there who knows of a site which does justice to these people please let me know the URL. I will add links to all the sites linked to on this site on this one page as time goes by. Where a name doesn't appear as a link it is because I havn't found a suitable site yet. Links to Other Plant hunters; Sir William Jackson Hooker, and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, father and son both directors of Kew Gardens. Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled with Cook. And was a director of Kew. George Forrest, a site with a detailed biography of the scotsman whom FKW replaced at Bees seeds. Robert Fortune, Ernest Wilson, He brought back Davidia involucrata, in a fantastic story which rivals any of FKW's Joseph Rock, link to Arnold Arboretum short biography. John Fraser, Pere Delavay, William Lobb David Douglas, Links to Gardens where Frank's plants may be seen; Royal botanical gardens Kew. Probably the most famous of Britain's botanic gardens Wakehurst place. Part of the Kew empire Hillier's arboretum. One of everything that can be grown outdoors (as near as possible) a fantastic range of plants. Exbury. The garden created by Lionel De Rothschild. Rowallane. Rev John Moore and Hugh Armitage Moore (father and son) created this garden in Ireland Co. Down Royal botanic gardens Edinburgh. Frank, arguably, had closer ties with Edinburgh than with Kew Arnold arboretum Natural history museum. Cromwell road London, Frank spent a great deal of tme here with herbarium specimens. Annes grove. Ireland In county Cork, claims some of the earliest FKW intoductions grown from seed. Mintern, once home of the first Sir Winston Churchill, with many Rhododendrons from FKW and other collectors Birr castle Demesne, Ireland New York botanic garden. Sponsors of some of Frank's later trips y Links to sites about people associated with Frank; Links to travel sites; Links to sites about the regions Frank visited; Links to antiquarian booksellers; Links to garden centres; Bodnant nurseries, Links to general gardening sites; Other links; |