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A Guide to Flowers and Plants

 Members of the Launceston Field Naturalists Cub have been asked repeatedly to recommend a simple illustrated non-technical book for the identification of wild-flowers in Tasmania. It is to fin this need that A Guide to Flowers and Plants of Tasmania has been produced for use by ordinary nature lovers, tourists, bushwalkers and students. The idea of writing such a book using some of the many excellent slides taken by present and past members was first put forward by Club President, John Simmons, under whose guidance the work has proceeded.

It is impossible to feature all the flowering plants - nearly 2000 species are recorded for Tasmania - so a representative sample of those easily seen has been chosen. Many are common and wide spread - others are significant parts of the Tasmanian flora, either confined to Tasmania or examples of genera more richly represented in Tasmania than in other States.

Although some are less common than others there is no plant shown which cannot be seen within a half day's walk from a road somewhere in Tasmania and without using a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

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