罗伯特·福琼:植物猎人:plant hunter 本书特色
本书为英文版，介绍了罗伯特?福琼的出生、坎坷的成长经历，以及受聘于东印度公司之后来到中国从事贸易活动的情况。罗伯特?福琼（Robert Fortune，1812―1880），苏格兰植物学家，曾先后四次来到远东地区。在两次鸦片战争期间，他来到中国沿海城市寻访植物标本，到黄山和武夷山寻找好茶叶，并且希望打通中靠前陆的贸易之路。本书作者用近10年的时间走访了中国浙江、江西、福建、上海、江苏、天津等地，细致调研了福琼两次鸦片战争期间在中国沿海地区采集的园艺植物标本、并将中国茶树种植技术移植到印度的经历。本书有着较高的学术价值，可供园艺爱好者、历史学和汉学研究人员等阅读，可促进西方学者更好地了解中国茶文化乃至近代中西文明的交融与冲突。本书图文并茂，有很强的可读性和园艺收藏价值。
罗伯特·福琼:植物猎人:plant hunter 目录
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 From Childhood to Manhood in Scotland
1．1 The World at War
1．2 Life in the Scottish Borders
1．3 Employment in the Scottish Capital
Chapter 2 Early Professional Career
2．1 The Move to London
2．2 Preparing for the Trip to China
Chapter 3 FOrtune' s First Visit to China
3．1 Fortune's First Year in the Flowery Land
3．2 Fortune's Second Year in China： New People， Places and Experiences
3．3 A Short Trip to the Philippines
3．4 Back in China： Encounters with Mandarins， Locals and Pirates
3．5 The Results of Fortune's Forays in the Flowery Land
Chapter 4 Chelsea Interlude
4．1 Curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden
4．2 Preparing for Service in the East India Company
Chapter 5 In the Service of the East India Company
5．1 The Outward Journey
5．2 An Illegal Journey in Search of Green Tea
5．3 More Teas and Temples
5．4 A Secret Journey to the Black Tea District of Fujian
5．5 Preparing for India
5．6 Tour of Inspection in Northern India
5．7 Home for a Year
5．8 Searching for Tea in Troubled Times
5．9 A Jaunt with Friends
5．1 0A Visit to the Silk District
5．1 1Taking Leave of China
5．1 2Second Tour of Inspection in Northorn India
Chapter 6 Intermezzo： Moving Up in the World
6．1 Back to London
6．2 Working on the Book
Chapter 7 Working for the Americans
7．1 The History of Tea in the USA
7．2 Fortune Employed and Dismissed
7．3 Other Plants Introduced to the States by Fortune
Chapter 8 Two Trips to Japan
8．1 The Race for Japan' s Botanical Riches
8．2 Fortune Travels North
8．3 Fortune's Second Season in Japan
Chapter 9 A Final Farewell to China
9．1 En Route to the Chinese Capital
9．2 Excursions In and Around Beijing
Chapter 10 Out of the Limelight
10．1 Life in London
10．2 The Emergence of Modem Japan
10．3 China's Continuing Contentions
10．4 Prizing the Chinese Interior Open
10．5 Decline and Death
10．6 Fortune' s Personality
Chapter 11 Epilogue
Index to Place Names
Index to Persons， Firms and Vessels
Index to Plants and Animals
Illustration Credits
罗伯特·福琼:植物猎人:plant hunter 作者简介
David K. Ferguson was born in New Zealand, but grew up in Scotland. He studied Geology at St. Andrews University and Plant Systematics at the University of Liverpool before going on to specialize in Palaeobotany at the State University of Utrecht. In the course of this work, he realized just how many Eastern Asiatic plants once grew in Europe. Between 1969 and 1980 he worked periodically with Lucien A. Lauener on Chinese plants at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He first visited China in person in 1986, and has since fallen under the spell of this fascinating country. He currently collaborates with various Chinese universities and botanical/palaeobotanicalinstitutes.From1992 until 2010 he was Professor of Palaeobotany at the University of Vienna. During this time he developed the idea of writing a biography about Robert Fortune (1812-1880), one of the first professional plantsmen to introduce ornamental plants from the Far East into Europe. Since 2007 the author has travelled widely, visiting as many of Fortune's haunts as possible, in order to gain an insight into the plant hunter' s experiences.
