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Edition of Stearn’s internationally renowned handbook summarizes the grammar…
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“The world of bulbs contains countless treasures but so many are little known in cultivation.” Des Riach: Until 1991, with the publication of the Hugh Redgrove-edited book on bulbs and perennials, this subject had been largely ignored, apart…
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Volume 3 of the British Museum Yearbook, devoted to the voyages of Captain James Cook’s three voyages of Pacific exploration, in the Endeavour (1768–71) and the…
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No description is probably necessary of the 1114-page, 500-colour-plate masterpiece of Dr Audrey Eagle’s impeccable illustrations of 800 species of the indigenous trees and shrubs of Aotearoa. Although the two-volume boxed set was once almost criminally affordable, it is now officially…
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First-ever anthology of early botanical paintings and drawings of New Zealand indigenous plants covers the period from Captain James Cook’s first voyage in 1769 to the publication of…
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Amazon: Through exquisite botanical paintings and insightful essays, Flora examines the fascinating history of plants and flowers. Over 20 plant families are profiled, including cacti, daffodils, iris, magnolia, roses, tulips and waterlilies. Flora at the same time tells the remarkable stories of the adventurous botanists who braved disease, slave traders, war, jungles and other dangers to collect plants now commonly grown in our own gardens. It describes how plants have adopted remarkable behaviours for…
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J Barry Ferguson is the quintessential example of the caption, ‘New Zealand boy done good in New York.’ His first claim to fame may have been as Wellington’s number one square dance caller in 1951, and his first floral business was on Hereford Street in Christchurch, but it was on Fifth Avenue…
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This survey of 483 fine color plates from outstanding works of botanical illustration from 6th–20th centuries, paralleling a concurrent exhibit at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, indeed evokes the Garden of Eden. Lack…
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First edition. “Have you ever wondered why New Zealand’s plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why the…
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First edition of 1000 copies sold out in six months. Superior, second-edition copies sold out…
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Moa were the most unusual and unique family of birds that ever lived, a clan of feathered monsters that developed in isolation for many, many millions of years. Moa became extinct reasonably quickly after the arrival of Māori, and were a distant memory by the time European explorers arrived. So, the discovery and identification of their bones in the 1840s was a worldwide sensation, claimed by many to be the zoological find of the century.
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Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His…
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Publisher: This book is the story of the extensive travels made by two Peters in search of plants in Turkey, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Tibet. On nearly every expedition, they explored territory where no western plant hunters had been…
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Despite the wealth of publications which have resulted, particularly this century, from Cook’s Endeavour voyage—perhaps still the most scientifically rewarding voyage of all time—the career and work of the chief artist on the voyage, the young, untravelled Sydney Parkinson, have not so far received the attention they deserve. During a period of two years and four months from the beginning of the voyage until his untimely…
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Revised and enlarged by Professor W.T. Stearn, this major work first published in 1950 is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a survey of the development of botanical illustration from palaeolithic times to the highly scientific works of today. This…
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Numbered edition No. 170. This is a very rare publication…
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Since its first publication in 1962, The Education…
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Dan Hinkley’s quest for distinctive plants has led him on expeditions to China, Korea, Nepal, Chile, and remote areas of North America. The Explorer’s Garden presents the most fascinating perennials found during Hinkley’s treks around the globe, describes the assets each plant brings to the garden, and explains how it is best cultivated…
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Tree ferns in the landscape command the attention of both devoted gardeners and casual…
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Gaining his grounding from J Barry Ferguson in Christchurch, Fred Wilkinson when on to forge a similarly illustrious career, in England, almost literally in the footsteps of the great Constance…
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