‘…Mccarthy has succeded in putting together a splendid account of a remarkable Scot …This a most professionally written and scholarly work and not expensive considering its detailed research and the quality of its illustrations…there are plenty more well-told episodes in this excellent and much recommended book, not least how Menzies came to collect seeds of Araucaria araucana, the tree named in the title,
Thomas Huxley BRISC Recorder News NO 70
