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'''''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland''''', also known by its standard abbreviation '''''Spec. Bot. New Holland''''', was the first published ] on the ]. Written by ] and illustrated ], it was published by Sowerby in 1793.<ref name="IPNI">{{cite web | url = http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do?id=16215-2 | title = Specimen of the Botany of New Holland | work = International Plant Names Index (]) | accessdate = 2007-06-22}}</ref> A number of Australian plants were published for the first time in it, most notably a number of species later transferred into the genus '']'' (Waratah), and the species '']'' (Hairpin Banksia).<ref name="SLQ">{{cite web | title = A specimen of the botany of New Holland | url = http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/services/coll/heritage/highlights/botany | publisher = ] | accessdate = 2007-06-22}}</ref>
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]'s plate of ''Embothrium speciosissimum'', now '']'' (New South Wales Waratah)]]
⚫ ==References==
'''''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland''''', also known by its standard abbreviation '''''Spec. Bot. New Holland''''', was the first published book on the ].<ref name="SLQ">{{cite web | title = A specimen of the botany of New Holland | url = http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=SLQ&docId=slq_voyager659417 | publisher = ] | accessdate = 2007-06-22}}</ref> Written by ] and illustrated by ], it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It consists of 16 colour plates of paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by ], and around 40 pages of accompanying text. It was presented as the first volume in a series, but no further volumes were released.<ref name="IPNI">{{cite web | url = http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do?id=16215-2 | title = Specimen of the Botany of New Holland | work = International Plant Names Index (]) | accessdate = 2007-06-22}}</ref>
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The work began as a collaboration between Smith and ]. Together they produced a two-part work entitled '']'', with each part containing two zoology plates and two botany plates, along with accompanying text. These appeared in 1793, although the publications themselves indicate 1794. The collaboration then ended, and Shaw went on to independently produce his '']''. Smith's contributions to ''Zoology and Botany of New Holland'' became the first two parts of ''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland'', a further two parts of which were issued in 1795.<ref name="Hewson 1999">{{cite book | first = Helen | last = Hewson | year = 1999 | title = Australia: 300 years of botanical illustration | publisher = CSIRO Publishing | location = Collingwood, Victoria | isbn = 0-643-06366-8}}</ref>

===Australian plants listed===

The book contained details of the following Australian plants:<ref name="Smith 1793">{{cite book | first = James Edward | last = Smith | authorlink = James Edward Smith (botanist) | year = 1793 | title = A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland | location = London | publisher = ]}}</ref>
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']'' (Hairpin Banksia)
* ''Goodenia ramosissima'', now '']''
* '']''
* ''Platylobium parviflorum'', now ] (not figured)
* ''Embothrium speciosissimum'', now '']'' (New South Wales Waratah)
* ''Embothrium silaifolium'', now '']''
* ''Embothrium sericeum'', now '']''
** ''E.&nbsp;s.'' var. ''minor'', now ''Grevillea sericea''
** ''E.&nbsp;s.'' var. ''major'', now '']'' (Red Spider Flower)
** ''E.&nbsp;s.'' var. ''angustifolia'', now '']''
* ''Embothrium buxifolium'', now '']'' (Grey Spider Flower)
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']'' (not figured)
* '']'' (not figured)
* '']'' (previously published by Smith in White's 1790 '']''; not figured)
* '']'' (previously published by ]; not figured)
* ''Eucalyptus corymbosa'', now '']'' (Unbeknownst to Smith, this had already been published by ] as ''Metrosideros gummifera'')
* '']''
* ''Styphelia ericoides'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Styphelia strigosa'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Styphelia scoparia'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Styphelia daphnoides'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Styphelia lanceolata'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Styphelia elliptica'', now '']'' (not figured)
* ''Mimosa myrtifolia'', now '']''
* ''Mimosa hispidula'', now '']''

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Book by James Edward Smith
A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland
Title Page
AuthorJames Edward Smith
IllustratorJames Sowerby
SubjectFlora of Australia
GenreBotany
PublisherJames Sowerby
Publication date1793 to 1795 (4 parts)
Pages40 text
16 colour plates
James Sowerby's plate of Embothrium speciosissimum, now Telopea speciosissima (New South Wales Waratah)

A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, also known by its standard abbreviation Spec. Bot. New Holland, was the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It consists of 16 colour plates of paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, and around 40 pages of accompanying text. It was presented as the first volume in a series, but no further volumes were released.

Book

The work began as a collaboration between Smith and George Shaw. Together they produced a two-part work entitled Zoology and Botany of New Holland, with each part containing two zoology plates and two botany plates, along with accompanying text. These appeared in 1793, although the publications themselves indicate 1794. The collaboration then ended, and Shaw went on to independently produce his Zoology of New Holland. Smith's contributions to Zoology and Botany of New Holland became the first two parts of A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, a further two parts of which were issued in 1795.

Australian plants listed

The book contained details of the following Australian plants:

References

  1. "A specimen of the botany of New Holland". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
  2. "Specimen of the Botany of New Holland". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Retrieved 2007-06-22.
  3. Hewson, Helen (1999). Australia: 300 years of botanical illustration. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-06366-8.
  4. Smith, James Edward (1793). A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. London: James Sowerby.


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