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The
Reed Field Guide
to
Exotic Trees
in New Zealand
Broadleaves and Conifers
Pam Salmon
Reed
$NZ39.95
THE late professor John
Salmon's contribution to the knowledge and understanding of our
natural heritage is inestimable. As a writer and broadcaster and
professor emeritus in zoology at Victoria University, he was a pioneering
conservationist who held office in all of New Zealand's main scientific
societies.
His wife Pam, a botanist
and zoologist in her own right, co-wrote two books with her husband
on exotic trees in New Zealand. As she explains in a brief foreword,
this field guide is an abridged version of these books. She points
out that the field guide is restricted to more prevalent species
of introduced trees - 120 in all. These are clearly arranged in
their families and genera as well as by their common names, making
this a no-nonsense, serviceable addition to garden-lovers' shelves.
The photographs - taken
by John Salmon before his death - have been selected to illustrate
each tree and give an accurate idea of their appearance.
Weekend
Gardener, Issue 136, 2003, Page 36
Reproduced with permission from the former Weekend Gardener magazine. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the RNZIH
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