visited and recorded personally, a process which caused Elwes to wear out two cars. In addition, Elwes undertook numerous journeys abroad to study the trees in the wild, even visiting Chile to see monkey puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana). The work remains a source of information on trees and arboriculture. Works Monograph of the Genus Lilium, London: Taylor and Francis, 1877–80. On the Butterflies of Amurlan, North China, and Japan, 1881, LV-LIX: 856–916 The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland Private publication with Augustine Henry, 1906. On the Lepidopteren of the Altai Mountains, pp. 295–367, pl. XI-XIV, 1899. Memoirs of Travel, Sport, and Natural History, Edited posthumously by E. G. Hawke. Benn, London, 1930. References Bibliography External links View digitized titles by Henry John Elwes in Botanicus.org Lepidopterology Biography. 1846 births 1922 deaths 19th-century British botanists English lepidopterists Fellows of the Royal Society People from Cheltenham Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Place of birth missing 20th-century British botanists