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ROBERT FORTUNE (1813-188o)
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Page 727
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ROBERT See also: born at Kelloe in See also: Berwickshire on the 16th of See also: September 1813
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He was employed in the botanical garden at See also: Edinburgh, and afterwards in the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at See also: Chiswick, and upon the termination of the See also: Chinese War in 1842 was sent out by the Society to collect See also: plants in See also: China
.
His travels resulted in the introduction to See also: Europe of many beautiful See also: flowers; but another journey, undertaken in 1848 on behalf of the See also: East See also: India See also: Company, had much more important consequences, occasioning the successful introduction into India of the See also: tea-plant
.
In subsequent journeys he visited See also: Formosa and See also: Japan, described the culture of the silkworm and the manufacture of See also: rice paper, and introduced many trees,shrubs and flowers now generally cultivated in Europe
.
The incidents of his travels were related in a succession of interesting books
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He died in See also: London on the 13th of See also: April 1880
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