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A year ago I had never heard of Armand David, os Pére David, the French missionary and biologist who spent much of his life in China. Now I have been to Woburn Abbey to see "his" deers, I have "his" Buddleja Davidii in my garden, and this weekend I saw "his" Handkerchief Tree in the Botanical Gardens in Oslo.
I have a little book, a biography about Pére David, 1826 - 1900 where I read:
Armand´s second trip to China was his most successful in zoologocal and biological finds: the giant panda, the monal pheasant, the golden monkey and 6000 feet up, a dove tree (the handkerchief tree).
I wrote about the handkerchief tree in my garden blog today, you find the post here.
And here is a link to my blog post from Woburn Abbey and Gardens.