UID:
almahu_9948233409702882
Format:
1 online resource (582 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139058605 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Botany and Horticulture
Content:
When botanist Leonard Cockayne (1855-1934) first received an invitation from the German publisher Engelmann to write an account of the botany of New Zealand, much of it was still unknown. He spent the period from 1904 to 1913 immersed in fieldwork, and his first edition was not published until 1921. In this 1928 second edition Cockayne extensively updates the text, adding the results of further research from the intervening years. This work gives detailed descriptions of New Zealand's plant life, but Cockayne also considers the history of botanical study of the islands, from Captain Cook's voyages in the eighteenth century onwards, and includes the arrival of colonial plant collectors and an overview of important publications by New Zealand botanists. The descriptions of vegetation cover the sea coast, the lowlands, mountains, and outlying islands, and there are extensive photographs, offering a comprehensive guide to New Zealand's botany.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108032384
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058605
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058605
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