“中国是世界的‘园林之母’和‘花卉王国’”,这是英国植物专家威尔逊(E.H.Wil-son)首先提出的。威尔逊曾在长达11年里,多次到我国采集野生植物,主要是观赏植物,重点在华西。1929年,他著书总结在华的发现和收获,书名《中国,园林的母亲》(China,Mother of Gardens),此书在美国 “China is the Mother of the Garden and the Flower Kingdom of the World,” which was first proposed by British plant specialist E. H. Wil-son. Wilson has been in China for as many as 11 years to collect wild plants, mainly ornamental plants, with a focus on the western part of China. In 1929, he wrote a book summarizing the discovery and harvest in China, entitled “China, Mother of Gardens” (China, Mother of Gardens), the book in the United States