Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas By Margaret G. Corrick and Bruce A. Fuhrer ISBN 1876473142, published in 2001 by Bloomings Books, colour, hard cover, 246 pages Price $A59.95 plus $A11 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of Victoria's native wildflowers with 840 colour photographs, mainly by Bruce Fuhrer, the outstanding botanical photographer. Some of the State's rarest plants are included as well as many species which are widespread.

The introduction gives a brief overview of the natural regions of the State with reference to National Parks and bushland areas known for their diversity and richness of flowering plants.

The busk of the book contains superb colour photographs of the flowering plants, the majority taken close up to display the details of individual flowers and leaves. There are brief plant descriptions, with notes on habitat and distribution, including occurrences in other States and overseas. The text is simply written with a minimum of botanical terms that are covered in an excellent glossary.

Not since the publication in 1968 of Flowers and plants of Victoria of which Bruce Fuhrer was a joint author, has such a wide selection of the State's flora appeared in colour in the one volume. Only 50 of the plants illustrated in the book are confined to Victoria and the remainder are found in similar habitats in other States, making the book a useful reference work, particularly in adjoining areas of south-eastern Australia.

'It is an excellent publication which will be of value for people who are just beginning to explore Victoria's floral heritage through to those who are already familiar with many of these plants, but who also know that there is always more for all of us to learn, experience and enjoy.' Rodger Elliot

About the authors

Margaret Corrick has enjoyed a long association with the National Herbarium of Victoria, where she was first employed as a Botanical Assistant and later as a Technical Officer curating the Herbarium's Australian collection. She is a contributing author to the book Flora of Victoria Volume 3. In 1995 she was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria.

Bruce Fuhrer is a highly regarded botanical photographer and author. In 1989 he was awarded the Australia Natural History Medallion. In 1991 he received an honorary M.Sc. from Monash University in Melbourne, where he worked for nearly 25 years in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. On his retirement in 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Research Associate at Monash. He is the author of A field companion to Australian fungi and co-author and illustrator of several other botanical publications.

In 1996 the two authors collaborated in the successful publication of Wildflowers in southern Western Australia.

Table of contents

• Introduction: Mallee areas, Heathland, Woodlands and forests, Coastal areas, Western and northern plains, The Grampians, Wilsons Promontory, Scope and layout of the text, Selected reference works, Acknowledgements, Photographic credits, Abbreviations of geographical names, Glossary of terms and abbreviations
• Descriptions and colour plates (pages 1-241)
• Index