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Threatened of New Zealand Botanical, ecological and past-President of the NZPCN By Peter de Lange, Peter Heenan, conservation research during the Ian Spellerberg, and is followed David Norton, Jeremy Rolfe and John intervening decades has changed the by a Preface (pp. 14–15) and Sawyer taxonomic and conservation status Acknowledgements (pp. 16–17). Published by Canterbury University of our threatened plants and this is The Introduction (pp. 18–37) was Press, Christchurch, 2010 comprehensively captured in the new written by David Norton, Peter Hardback, 472 pages, 267 × 200 mm book. de Lange and John Sawyer, and ISBN 978-1-877257-56-8 The layout is excellent and follows ably sets the scene for the main $NZ99.95 much the same format as the fi eld body of the book. The only lack here Reviewed by Murray Dawson guide Wild Orchids of the Lower North is discussion of the taxonomic and Island (reviewed in the New Zealand phylogenetic (DNA-based) concepts Garden Journal, 2008, Vol. 11(1): used (e.g., the classifi cation followed 32–33). Jeremy Rolfe, John Sawyer for the family names or mention of and Peter de Lange are the three debate surrounding use of Hebe Department of Conservation authors versus Veronica). of both books. Under the heading ‘The New Zealand Jeremy Rolfe is a botanist and fl ora and its origins’ it is mentioned photographer. He provided the layout that there are some 2370 native concept for Threatened Plants of New vascular of which Zealand and took most of the close- 82% are endemic (found nowhere up and studio photographs. John else). Biogeography and the age Sawyer is a plant ecologist and the of the New Zealand fl ora are also current secretary of the New Zealand touched upon. The heading ‘What is Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN, threatening New Zealand’s threatened www.nzpcn.org.nz). John and Peter plants?’ is answered by discussion of de Lange promoted the idea of this habitat loss, predation, competition, book back in 2004 and John secured reproductive failure, and (sadly) the funding for its production. human ignorance. Competition Threatened Plants of New Zealand Peter de Lange is a threatened plant of invasive weed species with is a comprehensive and up-to-date scientist based in Auckland, and threatened native plants is one of the account of New Zealand’s six extinct Peter Heenan is a plant taxonomist largest problems. and 184 severely threatened native at Landcare Research, Lincoln. The The Introduction usefully explains the fl ora. two Peters are among New Zealand’s New Zealand Threat Classifi cation The front cover illustrates the most productive botanists and they System, upon which all plants outstanding fl owers of the iconic often collaborate (as evidenced in featured in the main body of the book and popular garden plant the book’s reference list). They were (pp. 42–429) are arranged. We are puniceus (kaka beak) and it is a responsible for the comprehensive told that the Threat Classifi cation shock to learn (p. 89) that it is so botanical text (pp. 42–429) which is System is unique to New Zealand endangered that only one plant is copyrighted to them. and has been developed to be more known in the wild. Another 24 species The remaining author, David Norton, meaningful to the patterns of rarity in the book are known in the wild is a botanist and ecologist at the encountered here. The system is from fewer than 200 plants. We are New Zealand School of Forestry, a distinct departure from the IUCN also told (p. 33) that nearly 8% of our University of Canterbury. All fi ve (International Union for Conservation fl ora is regarded as threatened with authors are deeply involved with of Nature) categories followed in the extinction. New Zealand’s threatened plants and pioneering books by David Given and his co-authors. These facts are not widely known this combined depth of knowledge is by the public so this new book is a apparent throughout the book. The New Zealand Threat most welcome and much needed As explained in the Sponsor’s Classifi cation System was fi rst reappraisal of New Zealand’s rare Foreword (p. 11) MWH is an developed by Molloy et al. (2002), and endangered native plants. Earlier infrastructure and environmental revised by Townsend et al. (2008) and books on New Zealand’s threatened company that sets aside some of its followed by regular lists of threatened plants were authored and co-authored profi ts towards conservation projects. and uncommon plants now published by the late David Given and date back This enlightened company should be in the New Zealand Journal of Botanyy. to the 1980s (Given, 1981; Williams fully acknowledged for supporting the As mentioned in the Introduction, and Given, 1981; Wilson and Given, production of this worthy book. the most recent list (de Lange et 1 al., 2009) provides the following 1989 ); these are now out of print and The main Foreword (pp. 12–13) categories and numbers of taxa (e.g., outdated. is suitably crafted by immediate species, subspecies, varieties):

1 David Given’s obituary was published in the New Zealand Garden Journal, 2006, Vol. 9(1): 19–20. Wilson and Given’s (1989) book bears the same title as that reviewed here, Threatened Plants of New Zealand.

New Zealand Garden Journal, 2010, Vol. 13(1) 31 • Extinct (6)2 Extinct species have open circles semi-popular, even ‘coffee table’ style • Threatened (180; comprising 91 denoting historical records and book, yet at the same time it contains Nationally Critical, 45 Nationally threatened species have closed detailed information. Although not Endangered, 44 Nationally (colour-coded) circles showing the particularly cheap at nearly $100, Vulnerable) extant (current) distributions. In my I consider this book a worthwhile • At Risk (651; comprising 83 opinion, addition of open circles to investment considering that it is a Declining, 6 Recovering, 20 Relict, map former distributions of the extant, hardcover volume approaching 500 542 Naturally Uncommon) threatened species would have pages. • Vagrant or Coloniser (25) provided a valuable comparison. As mentioned in the Introduction, the • Data Defi cient (35). All plants are well illustrated with public still perceive threatened plants This book covers only the fi rst two informative and interesting captions. to be less sexy than endangered categories; plants are grouped by The more than 600 photographs birds and other animals. Threatened the six extinct taxa and the 1843 used in this book are credited to Plants of New Zealandd should help threatened taxa, subcategorised over 70 photographers. While a address that difference in perception in three groups as above. Different few of the threatened species are by raising the profi le of New Zealand’s colours are used for the headings showy and well known in gardens threatened fl ora and help the fi ght to of each threat category and within (such as Carmichaelia stevensonii, protect our unique plant heritage. each group the plants featured are Clianthus puniceuss and C. maximus, References arranged alphabetically by and Hebe speciosaa and Myosotidium species. hortensium), it would be fair to say de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; This arrangement by threat category that most are less photogenic and Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; is appropriate but it does mean that rather inconspicuous. Nevertheless, Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, related taxa (typically species in the the authors have done well to assemble a superb collection of A.J. (2009). Threatened and same genus) are dispersed between uncommon plants of New Zealand categories. Under Recognition (where photographs that show them at their best. (2008 revision). New Zealand related species are discussed) a Journal of Botany 477: 61–96. cross-reference by page number The book concludes with References Given, D.R. (1981). Rare and would have helped locate near (pp. 430–435), an Appendix with new endangered plants of relatives. combinations (new botanical names New Zealand. Reed, Auckland. or ranks; pp. 436–439), an extensive Two pages are devoted to each Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; Glossary explaining terms used species except for Cook’s scurvy de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; (pp. 440–454), About the Authors grass ( oleraceum) (pp. 390– Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, (pp. 455–456), and a combined Index 393), which is deservedly featured T. (2002). Classifying species of common and scientifi c names in four pages to explain the recent according to threat of extinction (pp. 457–471). research and diversity of growth – a system for New Zealand. forms. The Appendix publishes new Threatened Species Occasional Each plant featured contains the combinations for seven new names Publication 22. Biodiversity following information: botanical used in the book. In my view, it would Recovery Unit, Department of name (the main heading), family, have been better to formally publish Conservation, Wellington. common and Mäori name(s, if any), these combinations beforehand and Townsend, A.J.; de Lange, P.J.; conservation status (and qualifi ers), elsewhere in a scientifi c journal. Some Norton, D.A.; Molloy, J.; Miskelly, description (including fl owering and of the other botanical names and C.; Duffy, C. (2008). The fruiting months), recognition (as combinations used in the book are New Zealand Threat Classifi cation coloured text boxes), distribution relatively new and may not be familiar System manual. Department of (and a distribution map), habitat, and to all readers. In some circumstances Conservation, Wellington. threats. it would have been useful to add Williams, G.R. and Given, D.R. key synonyms – not a whole list, Few non-experts will closely read (1981). The red data book just the earlier name for which a the exacting botanical descriptions. of New Zealand: rare and plant was widely known previously However, these are essential to help endangered species of endemic (e.g., Carmichaelia stevensoniii was describe and identify each plant. terrestrial vertebrates and previously known as Chordospartium The authors (the two Peters) have vascular plants. stevensonii). obviously laboured to get them Wilson, C.M. and Given, D.R. consistent and complete and the The text is largely free from errors. (1989). Threatened Plants of sources of their descriptions are Page 4 misspells the plant name New Zealand. DSIR Field Guide, well referenced. Perhaps they could depicted on the cover (Clinathus Wellington. have used a smaller font for the rather than Clianthus). My quibbles This book was launched 25th descriptions and expanded some are only minor and greatly outweighed March 2010 at the Department of the other information which may by the strengths of this book. of Conservation in Wellington. appeal to a wider readership? The clean presentation and abundant Available from Touchwood The distribution maps clearly show photographs make Threatened Books and Manaaki Whenua how restricted some of the plants are. Plants of New Zealandd work well as a Press

2 The extinct species are Lepidium obtusatum, Logania depressa, Myosotis laingii, Myosotis traversii var. cinerascens, Stellaria elatinoidess and Trilepidea adamsii. 3 184 in this book rather than 180 in de Lange et al. (2009) because four new threatened species have since been formally described (see Preface). This Preface also acknowledges that there are about 400 informally recognised entities, many of which will also be threatened.

32 New Zealand Garden Journal, 2010, Vol. 13(1) An Illustrated Guide to Common Two authors of the previous editions The Guide to Colour and Size Weeds of New Zealand (Bruce Roy and Anis Rahman) are (pp. xviii–xxvi) is a handy colour- Third Edition not authors of this third edition but it is coded reference that helps broadly good to see their earlier contributions identify a plant from information By Ian Popay, Paul Champion and acknowledged (p. x). about fl ower colour and size, the Trevor James The Introduction (pp. xi–xvi) begins by kind of plant it is and the habitat it Published by the New Zealand Plant occupies. Page numbers to the plant Protection Society, Christchurch, 2010 telling us that (like earlier editions) this book is aimed at a wide audience. It descriptions are included within this Paperback, 448 pages, 170 × 244 mm section. ISBN 978-0-473-16285-6 fully succeeds in being a user-friendly $NZ55.00 and practical guide that should appeal Next are a useful book list (including Reviewed by Murray Dawson to gardeners, farmers, and others some classic out-of-print references who are interested in weeds. Manaaki on weeds) and websites (pp. xxvii– Whenua Press (a New Zealand xxviii), and a Glossary (pp. xxix–xxxii). natural history and science bookstore) The main body of the book tells me that these editions are one of (pp. 1–400) contains the Plant their biggest sellers. Descriptions. Every second page As discussed in the Introduction, a has a full colour plate of photos weed is a plant growing where it is and looks much tidier than previous not wanted and one person’s weed editions where the photos were rather in another’s treasure. This includes scattered. Also new to this edition is introduced species that may be useful the addition of coloured plant names pasture plants but weedy elsewhere. that indicate their status – red for The examples are given of red and naturalised species (the majority) and white clover (Trifolium pratensee and green for native (indigenous) species T. repens), valuable pasture plants that can also be weeds. This usage but included in this book because at fi rst seems inconsistent until you they can be nuisances in the garden realise that naturalised species are or in horticultural crops. Native not coloured withinn each entry – only New Zealand species are listed when the natives are. they are weed problems of pastoral Plants are arranged according to land in some regions. For example, four groups: Plants with spores the native mänuka (Leptospermum (ferns and fern-like plants), Plants Editions of this guide are the standard scoparum) is valued for its honey, with cones (conifers), Flowering popular reference for information on medicinal properties and fi rewood, plants (dicotyledons – the majority) New Zealand’s weeds. The authors but included here because it is also a and lastly Flowering plants have aimed to include all common scrubby weed of poorer pastures. (). Within each weeds, comprising garden escapes, The Introduction also mentions group, the plants are then arranged naturalised plants and some native the Flora of New Zealandd series alphabetically by family, genus and species that can become weedy. (Vol. III–V, and especially Vol. IV), species. The fi rst edition was published in technical references that provide Plant names and families follow the 1998 followed by a second edition the extensive botanical descriptions most recent treatments. There have in 2004. The second edition recently upon which some of the information been numerous changes in botanical went out of print so the availability of in Common Weeds of New Zealandd is names since the second edition as this extensively revised third edition is based. a result of taxonomic (botanical) most welcome. The authors concede that grasses, revisions and recent molecular-based As rightly stated in the Foreword sedges and rushes are not covered (phylogenetic) studies. Some of the (p. ix), each new edition gets bigger in detail in the main body of the book, genus- and species-level changes and better. This third edition is 448 but they do provide a good overview include (with older names used for the pages long compared to edition two of them within the introductory second edition in brackets): which had 320 pages. More than 50 sections (pp. xiii–xvi). Acaciaa spp. new weed species have been added Acknowledgements (p. xvii) thank (Racosperma spp.) raising the total to some 380 main those who contributed to this and Allium neopolitanum entries with a further 230 related or earlier editions (including my help in (Nothoscordum inodorum) similar species mentioned. Some checking the botanical names used). distachyos 1800 new photographs were selected Photographers are thanked although (Aponogeton distachyus) to replace many of those used in the Trevor James (one of the authors) previous editions. The layout of the has provided the great majority. Araujia hortorum book has also been refi n ed thanks He is a keen photographer and his (Araujia sericifera) to the Australian design and editing outstanding plant images are both Brugmansiaa ×candida team Fiona and Rob Richardson – diagnostic (showing key characters) (Brugmansia candida) who are also weed experts in their and stunning (yes, weeds can be Carpobrotus chilensis own right. beautiful). (Carpobrotus aequilaterus)

New Zealand Garden Journal, 2010, Vol. 13(1) 33 Chamaesyce maculata The new names used in Common Wilson’s China: A century on (Euphorbia maculata) Weeds of New Zealandd are largely By Mark Flanagan and Tony Kirkham Conyza sumatrensis concordant with those followed Published by Kew Publishing, Kew, (Conyza albida) in the Landcare Research Ngä UK, 2009 Tipu o Aotearoa – New Zealand Delairea odorata Hardback, 256 pages, 295 × 243 mm, Plants database (http://nzfl ora. (Senecio mikanioides) colour and B&W photographs landcareresearch.co.nz) and ISBN 978-1-8426-394-9 Dipsacus fullonum the National Pest Plant Accord $NZ110.00 (Dipsacus sylvestris) (NPPA) identifi cation key (www. Reviewed by Ross Ferguson Fallopiaa spp. landcareresearch.co.nz/research/ (Reynoutriaa spp.) biosystematics/plants/nppakey/)1. Genista monspessulana Each in Common (Teline monspessulana) Weeds of New Zealandd is usually Hypochaeriss spp. followed by one common name and (Hypochoeriss spp.) sometimes also by a main synonym (an earlier name by which the plant Jacobaea vulgaris was widely known). Like earlier (Senecio jacobaea) editions of this book each description Lamium galeobdolon ‘Variegatum’ is succinct. There is a paragraph (Galeobdolon luteumm subsp. on key features (in bold), a short luteum ‘Variegatum’) description (usually covering , Landoltia punctata Fruit, , Stems, and Roots), (Spirodela punctata) then notes on Habitat, Distribution, Lepidium didymum Comments, Derivation of botanical ( didymus) name, and Related or similar species. These headings are self-explanatory Lepidium squamatum and the format works well – there Ernest Henry Wilson was a very (Coronopus squamatus) is a lot of interesting and useful successful plant collector, probably Malva assurgentifl ora information packed into a minimum the most successful ever. At least (Lavatera assurgentifl ora) of space. Comments include the one hundred of his plants received Malva dendromorpha usefulness or toxicity of a weed and an award of merit or a First Class (Lavatera arborea) this section has also been updated Certifi cate from the Royal Horticultural Malva linnaei to include changes to legislation Society and he introduced more (Lavatera cretica) governing pest plants. A few native than one thousand woody plants into and exotic plants that are not weeds cultivation, not to mention perennials Passifl ora tripartitaa var. azuayensis are included under Related or similar and bulbs as well. Wilson was lucky and Passifl ora tarminiana species when they may be mistaken in that he was the fi rst plant collector, (Passifl ora mixta) for weeds that they resemble. Nearly as distinct from naturalist or botanist, Passifl ora tripartitaa var. mollissima all of the related or similar species to explore properly much of western (Passifl ora mollissima) are illustrated, which is another China, one of the world’s richest decipiens improvement over the second edition hotspots of biodiversity. The plants ( salicifolium) where few were pictured. he collected were climatically well Persicaria maculosa This book concludes with the Plant suited to the gardens of Europe (Persicaria persicaria, name index (pp. 401–416) that and North America and there are Polygonum persicaria) combines the common and scientifi c now few gardeners in the temperate zones of the northern and southern Pilosella aurantiaca names – previous editions index hemispheres who do not grow at least (Hieracium aurantiacum) them separately. Within this index, some green-coloured text makes some of his introductions. Wilson Pilosella offi cinarum an accidental appearance (p. 412) may have been lucky but he certainly (Hieracium pilosella) for Reynoutria sachalinensiss (an made the most of the opportunities Pilosella piloselloidess subsp. introduced species). available to him. In the words of Mark praealta (Hieracium praealtum) Flanagan and Tony Kirkham, “he Editions of this book provide well- knew a good garden plant when he Potentilla indica proven and comprehensive resources saw one”. He was well-organised, (Duchesnea indica) on the weeds of New Zealand and I systematic and determined and he Potentilla vesca (Fragaria vesca) have no hesitation in recommending must have had remarkable stamina, this latest edition. Solanum nodifl orum both physical and mental, to withstand (Solanum americanum) his long trips through China, taking in Tetrapanax papyrifer Available from Touchwood all more than eight years, at the end (Tetrapanax papyriferus) Books and Manaaki Whenua of the 19th century and during the fi rst Press Watsonia merianaa var. bulbillifera decade of the 20th century. (Watsonia bulbillifera).

1 This online identifi cation key is currently being expanded to include the DOC consolidated list of environmental weeds. This key is part- authored by two of the Common Weeds of New Zealandd authors – Paul Champion and Trevor James.

34 New Zealand Garden Journal, 2010, Vol. 13(1) be photographed to best effect (Chvany, 1976). Thousands of his glass photographic plates remain in the Arnold Arboretum, and many of them can be viewed on the Arnold Arboretum website (http://arboretum. harvard.edu/library/library.html). It is Wilson’s photographs that provide the focus for this book. Mark Flanagan and Tony Kirkham had the inspired idea of retracing Wilson’s journeys in western China by using his publications, his fi eld diaries, his correspondence and his photographs. This was no easy task because Wilson’s handwriting is diffi cult to decipher, his various books confl ate experiences from different trips, and his place names are based on Wade- Giles transliterations, sometimes idiosyncratically, and are not always easy to identify. It is a challenge to determine exactly where Wilson was on a certain date (Clausen and Hu, 1980). Fortunately, the labels on his photographs are more accurate and explicit and these, along with the images themselves, allowed Flanagan and Kirkham, usually dependent on their Chinese colleagues, to identify the exact position from which many of Wilson’s photographs had been taken and then take their own corresponding photographs. They start at Leshan (then Kia-ting Fu) with its giant Buddha. There is a pair of photographs of the hills at the junction of the Tung and Ming rivers with a fi ne pagoda still in existence even if somewhat modifi ed. (The preservation Ernest Henry Wilson – a studio photograph taken about 1905. Wilson is the hero of Wilson’s China: a century on. Reproduced with permission from Kew Publishing. of this pagoda is fortunate, as according to my Chinese colleagues, Wilson made four trips to China, the His second trip to China in 1903 the hills resemble a recumbent fi rst two for James Veitch & Sons, the and 1904 had as its main aim the human with the position of the pagoda London nursery fi rm. I fi nd his fi rst trip acquisition of the yellow poppy, making it clear that the recumbent from 1899 to 1902 to be in many ways Meconopsis integrifolia. This was an form is most defi nitely male.) Many of the most interesting. There was his even more arduous trip taking him up the matching photographs show little meeting with Dr Augustine Henry (that into the high mountains on the border change over the last century. Some most appealing of early European with Tibet. A contemporary account of of the Wilson photographed botanists in China); there was the these fi rst two trips to China is given are still there and one of the more search for Davidiaa “almost deserving in Hortus Veitchiii (1906)1. remarkable pairs of photographs, a a special mission to Western China”; Wilson’s third and fourth trips to century apart, shows a fi eld of maize and there were the trips up the Yangzi China were on behalf of C. S. Sargent surrounded by trees in a mountain Gorges. The accounts he wrote for of the Arnold Arboretum at Boston. valley in western Sichuan. Such The Gardeners’ Chroniclee reveal just The emphasis was now on woody continuity of cultivation is astonishing. how wonderful was the array of new plants, on collecting herbarium Take away power lines or satellite and exciting plants and he wrote in samples rather than plants for the dishes and villages often appear little a letter published in the Journal of nursery trade, and for recording different. Urban districts show greater the Kew Guildd of 1901, “I have had photographically the districts through changes, bridges collapse and many a really glorious time”, a time that which he travelled. Wilson became an of Wilson’s more notable trees have was also productive, with many new enthusiastic and skilled photographer, died, remaining as skeletons, or introductions being made available often spending many hours studying have disappeared. It is this contrast through the Veitch catalogues. a particular plant so that it could between change and lack of change that is so fascinating.

1 Reprinted 2006, reviewed in the New Zealand Garden Journal, 2008, Vol. 11(2): 25–26.

New Zealand Garden Journal, 2010, Vol. 13(1) 35 References Chvany, P.J. (1976). E.H. Wilson as a photographer. Arnoldia 36(5): 181–236. Clausen, K.S. and Hu, S.-Y. (1980). Mapping the collecting localities of E.H. Wilson in China. Arnoldia 40(3): 139–145. Ferguson, A.R. (2004). 1904 – the year that kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) came to New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 32: 3–27. Lancaster, R. (1989). Travels in China: a plantsman’s paradise. Antique Collectors’ Club, Tony Kirkham photographing the Dadu River in Sichuan. He is attempting to match exactly Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. the image held in his right hand, a print from the original glass plate taken by Wilson a century (Reprinted 1993). earlier. Reproduced with permission from Tony Kirkham. Veitch, J.H. (1906). Hortus Veitchii: Mark Flanagan and Tony Kirkham known provenance are still alive or a history of the rise and progress manage to bring some of Wilson’s have been propagated. The authors of the nurseries of Messrs James trips to life. The description of their mention almost in passing that Veitch and Sons, together with an own travels and their photographs the kiwifruit is probably the single account of the botanical collectors complement well Wilson’s own most important Wilson introduction and hybridists employed by them writings such as in A naturalist (Ferguson, 2004). and a list of the most remarkable of their introductions. J. Veitch in Western China (1913). Wilson Wilson’s Chinaa is an easy and & Sons, London, England. travelled for more than eight years in enjoyable read, even if sometimes (Reprinted 2006 by Caradoc Doy, China, Flanagan and Kirkham only rather discursive. It and Roy Exeter, England). for some weeks, so inevitably they Lancaster’s Travels in China: a describe only some of the areas plantsman’s paradise (1989) are Wilson, E.H. (1913). A naturalist in visited by him. Their book is more a essential reading for anyone planning western China with vasculum, travelogue than a detailed analysis of a botanical trip to Sichuan. Wilson’s camera, and gun; being some Wilson’s achievements. The authors Chinaa is also a very useful addition account of eleven years’ travel, admit that despite their efforts, Wilson to the literature on Wilson and the exploration, and observation remains something of an enigma. He botanical exploration of China. The in the more remote parts of published many books and papers illustrations alone make it a book to the fl owery kingdom. Methuen, and at least three biographies have treasure. London, England, 2 vols. been written, but Wilson the man (Reprinted 1977, Theophrastus, remains elusive and he reveals little of Sakonnet, RI, USA). himself. A similar book, entitled Tracing Yin, K.-P. (2010). Tracing one In addition, there are some fi ne one hundred years of change, hundred years of change: photographs of wonderful plants – I was recently published illustrating the environmental was particularly impressed by four (Yin, 2010). This is written changes in Western China. Meconopsis species: M. henricii var. by Professor Yin Kaipu, a Encyclopedia of China Publishing henricii with its purple-blue petals, distinguished botanist and House. M. integrifoliaa var. integrifoliaa with conservationist at the Institute its lemon-yellow petals, M. punicea of Biology, Chinese Academy Available from Touchwood with brilliant scarlet fl owers and of Sciences, Chengdu, Books M. racemosaa with blue fl owers. Sichuan. He has also used Flanagan and Kirkham also describe many of Wilson’s photographs BooBoBoookrk revieviieww aarcarchivhi e what each of them considers the ten from early last century to record the changes that have Our enenttirre archrchiviveiveve ofo bookk revevviewiee s (frofrf om best Wilson woody introductions. This thetht JouJoJournarnnnaallo offt theh Royoyala NewNew ZeZeaalandd emphasises how many of Wilson’s since occurred. Although the Insnstittitutete ofo HoH rtiticuculcultururre 191981,1 unundndndere introductions are not yet widely grown, text is largely in Chinese, a itss vav rioiiouss nnamammes)), togeogo ettheher withit bboooko comparison of the old and revrereviewiews fromroomm tht e WeWeeW ekkekenenddG Garda deneenneer despite their quality. Worse, very few magagaazazinee (fr(fromm IsIsssssuuee 886,86 NoN vemvevemberbeerr of Wilson’s original introductions of more recent photographs 20020000011) aarearre ava aiailillablabble onno ouru wwewebebebssitsi e at should be most interesting. wwwwwww.rnrnnzzihih.o.ororg.ngg.nz.z

Erratum

2009 Young Horticulturist of the Year. New Zealand Garden Journal 12(2): 31. (December 2009). Pip McVicar is sales and marketing manager at Cedar Lodge Nurseries, New Plymouth, not Conifer Grove.

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