Publisher's Synopsis
The publication of these two volumes completes the three-volume Dicotyledons section of the landmark UNSW Press series, Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Each volume includes 16 colour plates and is extensively illustrated with black and white line drawings (in the same manner that Volumes 1 and 2 were illustrated). The volumes include keys to families and commonly grown species. Volume 3 covers 51 Dicotyledon families, including important groups such as the Rosaceae (roses, peaches, pears, apples, plums, etcetera), Fabaceae (peas, beans and pea flowers), Mimosaceae (wattle), Proteaceae (banksias, grevilleas, macadamia, etcetera) and Myrtaceae (eucalypts, callistemons, tea trees, guavas, etcetera.).