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	Introduction	9
	Chronology	15
One	A young man in the colonies	19
Two	Little Truby	31
Three	Who am I?	45
Four	An asylum by the sea	49
Five	Colonising the Catlins	67
Six	A sound mind in a healthy body	11
Seven	Some curious attitudes of his own	83
Eight	Conservation at Karitane	103
Nine	The adoption of Mary	113
Ten	A prototype for Plunket	119
Eleven	The Plunket movement	127
Twelve	The elusive Bella	143
Thirteen	Taking Plinket abroad	151
Fourteen	The later years of Plunket	165
Fifteen	A mausoleum in Melrose	173
Sixteen	The manic gardener	183
Seventeen	The end	199 page break
Appendix One	The Feeding of Plants and Animals	211
Appendix Two	Constitution and rules of the Plunket Society 1907	217
Appendix Three	Hygeia columns	221
Appendix Four	Karitane products	227
Appendix Five	Truby King's library	235
Appendix Six	The evils of picture shows	241
Appendix Seven	Publications by Truby King	247
Appendix Eight	Truby King's rhododendron correspondance	251
Endnotes		263
Bibliography		271
Index		275
List of Illustrations		283