Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i (Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication, 2 Vol. Set)

Rating:
Summary: An extraordinary work.
Review: Comprehensive, beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings. A stunning work of scholarship, it is the ultimate reference for Hawaiian flora. Two large volumes. Intended for professionals, but amateurs like myself who persist (and use the glossary at the end of volume two) find it fascinating. Be sure to get the 1999 edition rather than the one from a decade earlier.

Rating:
Summary: Get the 1999 edition.
Review: The 1990 edition has been superceded by the 1999 edition. Be sure to get the current one.