'The Banksia Serrata in Flower' mb-code RS-9521 this plate concentrates on the

this plate concentrates on the lower body

an insect and a moth from Fauna Svecica ('Swedish Fauna')

28th February 1975

Spike Milligan seen here during the photo-call

'The Banksia Serrata in Flower' mb-code RS-9521 this plate concentrates on theBotanical study of Banksia serrata, a shrub native to Australia and first collected by Sir Joseph Banks. Plate 19 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'A very large cylindrical spike of flowers terminates each branch. Most of the flowers are abortive, a few only in each spike producing ripe feed.' The plate is inscribed: 'F P Nodder delin. The Banksia serrata in