All pictures by Edward Parker, except the following: page 97: © Jeroen Philippona; 98: © Flemming Rune; 129: © Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Alamy; 146–147: © Alex Hyde / Nature Picture Library; 154–155: © Alex Hyde / Nature Picture Library; 160: © George Steinmetz / Corbis; 168–169: © Emma Wood / Alamy; 175: © Keith Rushforth / FLPA; 178: © Geraldine Buckley / Alamy; 189: © Art Directors & TRIP / Alamy; 198 (left): © Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Marianne North; 208 (right): © Tony Kirkham
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