> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 862](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120993) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2842-1) LSID 2842-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200666) QID Q200666 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fortune, Robert (1812-1880), British gardener, plant collector in China. **Abbreviated name**: *Fortune* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fortune*\] #### Herbarium and types Fortune collected for the Royal Horticultural Society in China and neighbouring regions 1843-1845, and 1848-1850. His main herbarium collections are at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection K|K]], duplicates (e.g. *Plantae chinenses*, ed. Hohenacker) in many herbaria. *Ref*.: IH 2: 206. - Anon., Flora 29: 592. 1846. - Bretschneider, J. Bot. 32: 295-296. 1894. - Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 346. 1916. - D'Arcy, Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 59(1): 24. 1971. #### Bibliography and biography AG (218) 5(3): 54; Barnhart 1: 561; BB p. 113; Bretschneider 403; CSP 2: 672, 12: 246; DNB 20: 50; Jackson p. 380; Lasègue p. 436; MW p. 123-125; PR 2987-2988. - Fortune, Bot. Zeit. 10: 816. 1852. - Anon., Gard. Chron. 47: 487-489. 1880. - Britten, J. Bot. 18: 160. 1880. - Embacher, Lexikon Reisen 117-118. 1882. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 221. 1936. - Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. nales, ser. I. 1: 179-180. 1950. (q.v. for literature on his travels). - Hadfield, Pioneers in gardening 132-142. 1951. - Cox, J. Roy. hort. Soc. 80: 265-269, 276-280. 1955 (portr.) - Coats, The plant hunters 71-75, 101-110, 388 \[index\]. 1969. - James, The trees of Bicton 108-109. 1969. - Gardener, Arnoldia 31(1): 1-19. 1971 (portr.) (on cultiv. tea in US). - Gardener, J. Roy. hort. Soc. 97(9): 401-409. 1972. #### Eponymy *Fortunaea* J. Lindley (1846); *Fortunea* Naudin (1846, *orth. var.*); *Fortunearia* Rehder & E. H. Wilson (1913); *Fortunella* Swingle (1915). ### Publications ##### n.1829. Three years wanderings in the northern provinces of China **Title** *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.... with illustrations. London (John Murray) 1847. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Threeyears China*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1847, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1, list ill.\], \[1\]-406, *17 pl*. (incl. front. map and engr. t.p.). *Copies*: Ewan, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1847 "second edition" (p. v: 12 Aug 1847), frontisp. map, p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1, list ill.\], \[1\]-420, *18 pl*., incl front, map and engr. t.p. \[i\]. *Copies*: Ewan, HU, MO, NY. *Ref*.: BM 1: 597; PR 2987. ##### n.1830. A journey to the tea countries of China **Title** *A journey to the tea countries of China*; including Sung-lo and the Bohea hills; with a short notice of the East India Company's tea plantations in the Himalaya mountains... with map and illustrations. London (John Murray) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Journey China*. **Notes** *Orig. ed.*: 1852 (p. vii: Apr. 1852), p. \[iii\]-x, \[1\]-398, ill. *Copy*: Ewan. *French ed*.: *Voyage agricole et horticole en Chine* extrait des publications de M. Robert Fortune; traduit de l’anglais par M. le baron de Lagarde Montlezun. Paris (Ve Bouchard-Huzard) 1853, Oct., p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi, err.\], \[1\]-232. Abridged. *Copy*: Ewan. *Abridged ed. of the Three years and the Journey*: *Two visits to the tea countries of China* and the British tea plantations in the Himalaya; with a narrative of adventures, and a full description of the culture of tea plant, the agriculture, horticulture, and botany of China... In two volumes... Third edition. With map and illustrations. London (John Murray) 1853, 2 vols., Duod. *Vol. 1*: 1853 (p. v: Dec 1852), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-325, map, ill. *Copy*: Ewan. *Vol. 2*: 1853, p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-298, ill. *Copy*: Ewan. *French abridgement*: *Aventures de Robert Fortune* dans ses voyages en Chine à la recherche des fleurs et du thé traduit de l'anglais (1843-1850). Paris (L. Hachette et Cie) 1854, Oct., p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-vii \[p. vii Jun 1854\], \[1\]-269. *Copy*: Ewan. *Ref*.: BM 1: 497; PR 2988. ##### n.1831. A residence among the Chinese **Title** *A residence among the Chinese*: inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. Including notices of many natural productions and works of art, the culture of silk, &c; with suggestions on the present war... with illustrations. London (John Murray) 1857. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Resid. Chin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857 (p. vii: Apr 1857), p. \[i, h.t.\], front., \[iii\]-xv, \[xvi\], \[1\]-440, *22 pl. Copies*: Ewan, MO, NY. *Ref*.: BM 2: 598. ##### n.1832. Yedo and Peking **Title** *Yedo and Peking*. A narrative of a journey to the capitals of Japan and China. With notices of the natural productions, agriculture, horticulture, and trade of those countries, and other things met with by the way... with map and illustrations. London (John Murray) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Yedo &. Peking*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863 (p. viii: Feb 1863), \[i\], front., p. \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-395, map, *9 pl. Copy*: Ewan. *Ref*.: BM 2: 598.