item details
NameThe Phormium Tenax, or New Zealand Flax. Plate 15. From the book: Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand
ProductionMartha King; after; 1842
Day & Haghe; lithographer; 1845; London
Smith, Elder, and Co.; printing firm; 1845; London
Day & Haghe; lithographer; 1845; London
Smith, Elder, and Co.; printing firm; 1845; London
Classificationrare books
Materialsbook paper, printing ink
Registration NumberRB001053/015a
Overview
The accompanying text reads: The leaves grow out of the ground to heights varying from three to twelve feet. The flax-like fibre is obtained from the leaf by scraping it with a mussel-shell. The flowers are full of syrup. Each plant has generally two or three flower-stems, and from thirty to forty leaves.