Herbarium By Robyn Stacey and Ashley Hay ISBN 0521842778, published in 2004 by Cambridge University Press, colour, hard cover, 164 pages Price $A79.95 plus $A10 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

The National Herbarium of New South Wales at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney has thrown its doors open for the first time to facilitate this stunning large-format book of over 100 exquisitely reproduced full-page photographs. The author draws on these images to tell the story of Australian botanical collecting from Joseph Banks’ voyages to the discovery of the Wollemi Pine and beyond. A complete list of botanical notes for each photograph provides a unique link between the collected and collectors, detailing the significance of the specimens, who collected them and why.