Kent Kainulainen
The books are magnificent. The brief species desciptions with a focus on diagnostic characters are very informative and the excellent photos are a treat!
For some people, this is a familiar sight - pollen cones and ovuliferous cones, respectively, of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. For others, these may simply mean "beauty in the details" that can be enjoyed by a simple magnifier. The pictures were captured in a living collection in Hungary.