If, like me, you find trees difficult (although they never fly away), you will find this book useful. As the blurb says, " A must for all gardeners, farmers, naturalists, nurserymen, foresters and conservationists." They might have added, "and all interested persons." This is an updated edition, now covering more than 140 indigenous trees, each with a distribution map, description, diagnostic features and so on, and also with good colour photographs of the whole tree, the bark, leaves, fruit and flowers.

Tree books are becoming more popular and more are now being published. This is good, and this edition will be a useful addition to the other natural history references book on the back seat of your vehicle (or beside your armchair).