Outstanding water colour illustrations by Margaret Mee, the pioneering female explorer and conservationist, who recorded the diverse beauty of the Amazonian rain forest and passionately campaigned against its destruction. Twenty-six beautiful full colour reproductions of Mee's inspirational art are accompanied by an introduction by Ruth Stiff, a brief history of Kew by Ray Desmond, and essays by Simon Mayo, Brinsley Burbidge and Shirley Sherwood.

Illustrated by: Margaret Mee