> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 63](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066403) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12607-1) LSID 12607-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321094) QID Q321094 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ward, Francis \[Frank\] Kingdon (1885-1958), British plant collector, traveller and author; studied at Christ's College, Cambridge; teacher at the Shanghai Public School 1906; travelled in W. China 1909-1910; professional plant collector from 1911-1956, active in China 1911, 1913, 1921-1923; North Burma 1914, 1919, 1926, 1930-1931, 1937, 1938-1939, 1942, 1953; South East Tibet 1924, 1933, 1935; Assam 1927-1928, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1949; French Indo-China 1929; Thailand 1941; East Manipur 1948; Assam-Tibet 1950; Mount Victoria, West Burma 1956; Veitch memorial medal 1934; O.B.E. 1952; son of Harry Marshall Ward. **Abbreviated name**: *F.K. Ward* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kingdon-Ward*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]; material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Field notes* e.g. at [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 621; Barnhart 3: 458; BJI 2: 186; BM 8: 1393; DNB 1951-1960: 587-588 (G. Taylor); Hortus 3: 1206; Lenley p. 427; MW p. 521-524 (main bibl.), suppl. p. 391-392 (id.); Plesch p. 455; SK 1: 561, 8: civ; Sotheby 803; Tucker 1: 731, 3: 326; Zander ed. 11, p. 833. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 252: 869-870. 1965; Garden J. 8: 147. 1958 (d. 8 Apr 1958); Who's who, London 1915-1957; Who was who 1951-1960: 620-621. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. resources Brit. isl. 445. 1980. - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 389 \[index\]. 1969. - Cox, E.H.M., Plant hunting in China 180-190. 1945. - Fletcher, H.R., The story of the Royal Horticultural Society 562 \[index\]. 1969. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 768. 1984. - Lyte, C., The plant hunters 151-165. 1983. - Manks, D.S., Horticulture 46: 21, 53-54. 1968. - Mills, J.P., Geogr. J. 124(3): 422. 1958 (obit.). - Synge, P.M., ed., J.R. Hort. Soc. 84: 206-212. 1959 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 2: 172, 188. 1936, 4: 470. 1936. - Ward, F.K., Pilgrimage for plants 11-18, 181-186. 1960. #### Note Also treated under Kingdon-Ward in TL-2/2: 547, q.v. for further references and for his *Field notes Rhododendr*. #### Eponymy *Wardaster* J.K. Small (1926); *Kingdon-Wardia* Marquand (1929). ### Publications ##### n.16.670. The land of the blue poppy **Title** *The land of the blue poppy*. Travels of a naturalist in eastern Tibet... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Land blue poppy*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1913 (ÖbZ for Jun 1913), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-283, *pl. 1-39*, maps 1-5. *Copies*: BR, NY, PH. – List of 200 species on p. 274-278. – See also his Plant collecting in China, Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 53: 129-130, 418-419. 1913. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 13-14. 1913 (rev.). ##### n.16.671. The mystery rivers of Tibet **Title** *The mystery rivers of Tibet* a description of the little-known land where Asia's mightiest rivers gallop in harness through the narrow gateway of Tibet, its peoples, fauna & flora... London (Secley Service & Co....) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mystery riv. Tibet*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1923, p. \[1\]-316, 3 text maps, folded map, *22 pl. Copies*: G, MO, NY. ##### n.16.672. The romance of plant hunting **Title** *The romance of plant hunting*... London (Edward Arnold & Co.) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Romance pl. hunt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924 (J. Bot. Jun 1924 rev.), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-275, *9 pl*., map. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1933, p. \[i\]-x, 1-277, *9 pl*., map. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.16.673. From China to Hkamti Long **Title** *From China to Hkamti Long*... London (Edward Arnold & Co.) 1924. **Abbreviated title**: *China to Hkamti Long*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924, p. \[1\]-317, *20 pl*., 1 map. *Copy*: NY. – Index of plants p. 315-317. ##### n.16.674. The riddle of the Tsangpo gorges **Title** *The riddle of the Tsangpo gorges*... London (Edward Arnold & Co.) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Tsangpo gorges*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1926, frontisp., p. \[1\]-328, *21 pl*. (incl. maps). *Copy*: NY. ##### n.16.675. Plant hunting on the edge of the world **Title** *Plant hunting on the edge of the world*... London (Victor Gollancz Ltd....) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plant hunting*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1930, p. \[1\]-383, *16 pl. Copy*: B-S. ##### n.16.676. A sketch of the geography and botany of Tibet **Title** *A sketch of the geography and botany of Tibet*, being materials for a flora of that country... Extracted from The Linnean Society's Journal-Botany,... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Sep 1935, cover-t.p., p. \[239\]-265, map. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 50: \[239\]-265, map. 1935. ##### n.16.677. Plant hunter's paradise **Title** *Plant hunter's paradise*... London (Jonathan Cape...) \[1937\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. hunt. paradise*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1937 (Nat. Nov. Feb 1938), p. \[1\]-347, *11 pl*., 2 maps. *Copies*: G, NY. *Amer. ed*.: 1938, p. \[1\]-347, *11 pl*., 2 maps. *Copy*: NY.