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Robert Fortune, born on September 16, 1812, and died on April 13, 1880, was a renowned botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He is best known for his research on Eastern plants and for introducing a large number of Chinese tea plants to Europe.

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Famous Robert Fortune Quotes

“There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries.”

Wealth Garden London Owners Nurse Dozen Smallest Nursery

Book:Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc

Source: Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc

“We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation.”

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