Flower Hunters.

Mary Gribbin & John Gribbin.

The story of eleven flower hunters, both men and women, who travelled to every corner of the world in search of new and exotic plants. They were the founders of the new science of botany and their lasting legacy is the plants in our gardens. Includes Joseph Banks, Marianne North and Joseph Hooker all of whom visited New Zealand.

Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2008.

ISBN 9780192807182

Hardback with dust jacket. 332 pages.

SECONDHAND. Fine condition.