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. His first book documented a
British Museum Natural History
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expedition to East Africa, led by George Taylor, later Director at
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. He fought in the Intelligence Corps in the Second World War between 1943 and 1945, gaining the rank of Major. He was editor of the ''Horticultural Journal'' between 1945 and 1970 and was awarded the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1971. His many expeditions, including those to
Nepal
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with Rear-Admiral Paul Furse were documented in his 1973 book ''In Search of Flowers''. He died in 1982.
Publications
* ''Mountains of the Moon: an expedition to the Equatorial Mountains of Africa''. Drummond/Travel Book Club; Patrick M. Synge (1938)
* ''Great Flower Books, 1700-1900: a bibliographical record of two centuries of finely-illustrated flower books''. London: Collins (1956),
Sacheverell Sitwell
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Wilfrid Blunt
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; bibliography by Patrick M. Synge
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* ''Collins Guide to Bulbs''. London: Collins. Patrick Millington Synge (1961)
* ''Dictionary of Roses in Colour''. London: Michael Joseph & Ebury Press, S. Millar Gault, Patrick M. Synge (1971)
* ''In Search of Flowers''. London: Michael Joseph, Patrick Millington Synge (1973)
* ''Flowers and Colour in Winter''. London: Michael Joseph, Patrick M. Synge (1974)
* ''The Dictionary of Garden Plants in Colour''. London: Michael Joseph, Patrick Millington Synge, Roy Hay (1976)
* ''The Gardens of Britain; Vol. 1: Devon and Cornwall''. London: B. T. Batsford in assoc. with Royal Horticultural Society. Patrick M. Synge (1977)
* ''Lilies: a revision of Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium and its supplements''. London: B. T. Batsford. Patrick M. Synge (1980)
*''Borneo Jungle'' with
Tom Harrisson
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et al. ''Plants with Personality'' *''A Diversity of Plants''
*''The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening'' and supplements; contributor
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People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...