With a 4-page letter from NZs great botanist to Australia's great entomologist in which he alludes to his recent award of the Darwin Medal.

The science of plant ecology daily becomes more relevant to the survival of our species. Cockayne's studies and his opus magnum are of as yet unfathomed value.

I leave all description to the photographs.

If unsold by the next equinox, this national treasure will be encased in lead and ceremonially buried deep in the Realm of Tane Mahuta, in lament of the great evil inflicted upon his children.