Book, Plants of New Zealand
Maker
Laing, Robert Malcolm
Blackwell, Ellen
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd
Production date
1907
Object detail
Brief Description
The book titled: Plants of New Zealand was written by R M Laing and E W Blackwell.
The contents have the following chapters: a general introduction; the age and affinities of the flora; botanical introduction; the gymnosperms or pine family; the angiosperms or the monocotyledons; the dicotyledons with free petals and the dicotyledons with united petals. These chapters are divided into families and then into individual plants. Beneath the title of each plant is a description. Throughout are photographs.
The contents have the following chapters: a general introduction; the age and affinities of the flora; botanical introduction; the gymnosperms or pine family; the angiosperms or the monocotyledons; the dicotyledons with free petals and the dicotyledons with united petals. These chapters are divided into families and then into individual plants. Beneath the title of each plant is a description. Throughout are photographs.
Edition/State/Version
Second and revised edition
Collection
Production date
1907
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Green linen cover; black embossing on cover; printed; photographs.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 224 x 160mm
Signature/Inscription
Ko te Matauranga Te Kaha Russell Duncan, Bookplate, Printed
Hawke's Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Russell Duncan's stamp of two arrows in opposing directions., Stamp, Stamp
Hawke's Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Russell Duncan's stamp of two arrows in opposing directions., Stamp, Stamp
Classification terms
Credit line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
581.9931 Lai, 519, 30188
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