Gardening in Shanghai for Amateurs, 1925

Sir Frederick Bourne’s Gardening in Shanghai for Amateurs, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1925: third edition. Handier in 1925 it has to be said than a century later when gardens are pretty much a thing of the past in Shanghai. Bourne (1854–1940) was a British judge, diplomat and botanist who served in China with the British Supreme Court for China in Shanghai and at Weihaiwei (Weihai). He had first arrived as a student interpreter in China in March 1876. Bourne was also a keen botanist. He collected various botanical samples when in China. The genus Bournea of perennial flowering shrubs is named for him.