The Life, Work and Memoirs of the Rev. H.M.R. Rupp 1872 - 1956
Part I is Gilbert's biography of Rupp, Part II is Rupp's memoirs edited by Gilbert. Illustrated with many of Rupp's fine line drawings of orchids.
Montague Rupp, clergyman and botanist was born at Port Fairy, Victoria. Rupp was ordained a priest in 1901 and held many appointments in Tasmania and NSW where he travelled widely. Rupp had begun recording his botanical observations and specimens in 1892, and from 1899 made "a census of the native plants" of his parishes. Rupp published over 200 papers, chiefly on orchids, including descriptions of four new genera and over seventy new species.
In the best tradition of the nineteenth-century clergyman-scientist, he was generous with his means, time and knowledge, a tireless investigator, and a fluent correspondent whose letters were spiced with a delightful sense of humour.
