Monkey Puzzle Man Launch at RBGE
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Inverleith Row, Edinburgh
6.30pm
The Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Stephen Blackmore, is hosting the launch of James McCarthy's new book, Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter. The book has been co-published by RBGE and Whittles Publishing.
A second book, William Roxburgh: The Founding Father of Indian Botany by Tim Robinson will also be launched.
For more information about the launch email c.mouat@rgbe.org.uk
- Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter
In the course of a adventurous life in which he worked as a naval surgeon, circumnavigated the earth twice and climbed the fiery Mauna Loa in Hawaii, Archibald Menzies also introduced many plant species to Britain and helped lay the foundations for modern botany. Here, the author presents an account of his life and travels.