Margaret Stones

Elsie Margaret Stones AM MBE (28 August 1920 – 26 December 2018), was an Australian botanical illustrator.

[3] Stones worked closely with Winifred Curtis between 1967 and 1978 in providing the illustrations for The Endemic Flora of Tasmania which was commisissioned by Rose Maud Talbot and her brother.

[4] In 1976, Stones was commissioned to create a series of six watercolours as part of Louisiana State University's celebration of the American bicentennial.

[5] The project's scope was soon expanded, and over the next fourteen years, Stones and a team of LSU botanists traveled throughout the state gathering plant specimens.

[11] In 1989, Stones was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc (Hon)) from the University of Melbourne.