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Trees of New Guinea. NEW.Timothy Utteridge & Laura Jennings, editors. Details each of the 693 plant genera found in the island of New Guinea and surrounding smaller islands which together are the most floristically diverse places on earth. There are up to 5000 different species of trees. This superb work is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Each plant group has a family description and a key to the New Guinea tree genera, followed by a

fly tying and trout flies past and present

that became the most sought after and valuable garden commodity in seventeenth century Europe

There is an authoritative text describing the circumstances and the work of all the botanists and artists featured

A comprehensive description of endangered plants and their habitats as they were at the time of publication

Jacob De Ruiter

The mostly hidden associations that plants have with bacteria and fungi are also explored

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Photographs and line drawings

A fascinating work of history concerning the role of water wealth from ancient times to the industrial revolution

ISBN 0199100012

The book concludes with a consideration of the risks of a modern system that relies on a relatively small number of species

To aid identification there is also a very useful guide to flower colour and size