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The New Oxford Book of Food Plants.J. G. Vaughan & C. A. Geissler. First published in 1969 this authoritative book describes the origin, distribution, structure, cultivation, and nutritive value of the common food plants of the world. as well as some lesser known species. Each description of a plant or group of plants is accompanied by a full page illustration painted from life, nearly 200 in total. This new edition has been completely revised and new material has been added. Superb

and of evolution

Describes antipodean life in the Palaeozoic era including coal swamps at the south pole and the mass extinction event at the end of the era

This well illustrated collection of essays was published to accompany the exhibition of his work at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich

A comprehensive account of the natural history and the human history of these remote islands to the south of New Zealand

Department of Conservation

close up photographs

A very important work for cacti enthusiasts

her Auckland garden was also very well known

Butterworths NZ Inc

The informative text is accompanied by 350 colour photographs

and he published his discoveries in Botany of an Antarctic Voyage

Sir Peter Smithers created four great gardens in his life