A BOTANIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

With numerous photographs, drawings and maps

Foreword by the Rt. Hon. J. C. Smuts

De Luxe edition: 686 pages, colour frontispiece portrait of Smuts, map, distribution maps, folding chart, numerous illustrations and line drawings, slight tear on the half title page full olive green pebble grained leather binding, slight marks on the top edge of the front cover, top edge gilt, titled gilt on the spine, a good copy.

On a front free end paper opposite the half title page there are 18 signatures (unidentified)

Contains as chapter 30 a lengthy review of South African botanical literature with special reference to the taxonomy of flowering plants.

This important book is primarily an elaboration of the botanical results of the author's travels in southern Africa in 1928 and 1930, though it contains much more than the simple title suggests. Dr. Hutchinson has drawn on his wide knowledge of flowering plants, his long acquaintance with the special problems associated with African (and particularly South African) taxonomy, his keen interest in phytogeography, his artistic ability, and his experience in the field to produce a noteworthy and, in some respects, unique volume.
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