For some decades after colonization began, the settlers continued to use the English gardening manuals they had brought with them. These were still good sources on techniques, but poor guides to seasonal operations. George Chapman's Hand Book to the…
A photograph of the ten students who graduated from the University of Otago in 1887. Standing: M.I. Fraser, G.A. Simers, M.A. Ferguson, W.E. Spencer. Sitting: J.R. Montgomery, F.M. Allen, X. Forbes, F.B. Allen, J.R. Don, C. Little.
The catalogue was complied by William Benham (1860-1950), Professor of Biology a the University of Otago. Only the pages relating to botany charts have been digitised. The original item also records details of charts relating to human and animal…