Title Herbarium / Robyn Stacey & Ashley Hay

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 155 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Herbarium -- History -- The field -- Exploration -- Women -- For hire -- Science -- The hobby -- Herbaria -- The new world -- Scientific fascination -- Hobby and decoration -- Exotics -- Botanical Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This stunning book of photographs by Robyn Stacey, one of Australia's greatest photographers, is the first of its kind. Together with essayist, Ashley Hay, they throw open the closed doors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney herbarium, and reveal the secret history of Australia's flora. Herbarium tells fascinating stories about the nature of collecting, those who collected, what they collected and when, and the scientific background to each of the specimens. A glossary of botanical descriptions provides a unique link between the specimens and their collectors, and exquisite photographs of the botanical specimens - some now extinct - comprise a collection of rare beauty Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index Notes English Print version record Subject National Herbarium of New South Wales. SUBJECT National Herbarium of New South Wales fast Subject Botany -- Australia -- History Plant collecting -- Australia -- History Plant collectors -- Australia -- History Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Australia SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. NATURE -- Plants -- General. Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation Botany Plant collecting Plant collectors Australia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Hay, Ashley. LC no. 2004015795 ISBN 0511082320 9780511082320 1280415924 9781280415920 9780511196249 0511196245 9780511481543 0511481543

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