Martius: The Book of Palms

Dr H Walter Lack (Botanical Garden and Museum, Berlin)

Trees of Paradise All known genera of the palm family in 240 exquisite illustrations On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh pal...