Plates from the New Zealand section of Bank’s Florilegium are currently on display in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery as part the Festival of Flowers. The Library purchased the New Zealand and Society Islands sections of the Florilegium with money donated by the late artist William Sutton. The plates are beautiful and look just fantastic in the setting of the Robert McDougall Gallery. Also on display are a number of the original botanical specimens collected on Cook’s voyage over 200 years ago. If you get the chance, do visit the exhibition, it is well worth it!