The Smallest Kingdom. Plants and Plant Collectors at the Cape of Good Hope.

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The Smallest Kingdom. Plants and Plant Collectors at the Cape of Good Hope.Text by Mike Fraser & Illustrations by Liz Fraser. A lively and informative account of the botanical exploration of the Cape Floral Kingdom of South Africa. It is also a celebration of the history and long association of the Cape region with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. There are over 100 original botanical paintings as well as contemporary and archival illustrations. A beautiful book. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, London, 2011. ISBN

accompanied by a distribution map and a reference panel giving details of the number of species and genera and

and has a tribute letter stapled to the front endpaper

who wish to grow and to know Androsace

Banks Peninsula

Michael Joseph

her Auckland garden was also very well known

and how to treat diseases

courtyards

Victoria University Press

Prestel Publishing Ltd

ISBN 9781869410889

plant-by-plant