The New England Wild Flower Society’s new Flora Novae Angliae is the first book in decades to provide a complete and correct botanical reference for the region’s non-cultivated plants. The volume includes many new species not documented in New England, while also excluding many species that have erroneously appeared in earlier manuals. Get a behind-the-scenes understanding of how this book came to be from botanist and author Arthur Haines. He will explain why an updated Flora was necessary and share his stories of plants, places, and people important to him in the creation of this invaluable new manual.