Sarah Featon

[1] It is unclear when she arrived in New Zealand but she is recorded as having married Edward Featon at St Paul's, Auckland in 1870.

[2] In 1875 Featon and her husband moved to Gisborne, as Edward had been appointed as the area's first District Land Officer.

[5] The Featons set out to produce their album to debunk the widely held belief that there were no flowers in New Zealand.

[1] A copy of the book was presented by the New Zealand Government to Queen Victoria in 1897 on the occasion of her diamond jubilee.

[5] Reverend William Colenso, a prominent early settler and noted expert on botany, and Archdeacon (later Bishop) W. L .