A book of brief biographies and places in Tasmania linked to Henry Savery, Charles Rowcroft, David Burn, Thomas Richards, Louisa Anne Meredith, Caroline Leakey, Tasma, Mrs Humphrey Ward, Hubert Church, W.H.Dawson, James Hebblethwaite, Frank Penn-Smith, Helen Power, G.B.Lancaster, Marie Bjelke-Petersen, Isabel Dick, Hilda Bridges, Roy Bridges, Leslie Greener, Angela Thirkell, Nan Chauncy, Kathleen Graves, Louis Kaye, Catherine Shepherd, Alan Villiers, Norma Davis, Cynthia Nolan, Clive Sansom, and James McAuley.
A fully revised second edition of this well-regarded Tasmanian botanical reference, first published by Mark Wapstra and now considerably expanded to 535 pages. The book explains the origins and meanings of the scientific and common names of Tasmanian plants — covering etymology, the botanists and explorers commemorated in plant names, and the history behind how Tasmania's flora came to be named and classified.
Tasmap's Adamsfield #4426 series map
Tasmap's Blessington #5240 series map

