Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction. Prologue: John Ray (1627-1705). 1. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) 2. Joseph Banks (1743-1820) 3. Francis Masson (1741-1805) and Car Peter Thunberg (1742-1828) 4. David Douglas (1799-1834) 5. William Lobb (1809-1864) and Thomas Lobb (187-1894) 6. Robert Fortune (1812-1880) 7. Marianne North (1830-1890) 8. Richard Spruce (1817-1893) 9. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911). Notes. Sources and further reading. Index