The Flora Of Jamaica Vol 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering, Vol. 1: Plants Known From the Island During his residence in Jamaica for twenty-one years as Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, Mr. William Fawcett gave attention to the botanical exploration of the Island. He was specially interested in the Orchids, and, with the assistance of Mr. William Harris, Superintendent of the Gardens and an excellent collector, a very fine collection illustrating the family was got together. A beautiful series of drawings from the living plants was also made under Mr. Fawcett's direction by Miss Helen Wood. During one of Mr. Fawcett's visits to England we agreed to collaborate in a monograph of the Jamaican Orchids, and in 1904 an account of the genus Lepanthes was published in the Transactions of the Linnean Society. The work, however, proceeded slowly until 1908, when Mr. Fawcett retired and came to England. The permission of the Trustees having been obtained for the publication of the work as a British Museum Catalogue, Mr. Fawcett was fortunately able to devote himself to the task, and I have given what time I could spare in the intervals of other work. Though Mr. Fawcett has done the larger part of the work of preparation, we have both been carefully through each species. Our work has been greatly facilitated by the loan of the Jamaican Herbarium, for which we are much indebted to the Government of Jamaica. As Mr. Fawcett is able to continue his work at the Museum, it is proposed that the present volume shall form the first part of a complete "Flora of Jamaica." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.