Published by the Western Australian Herbarium as Nuytsia 3(3), it presented George's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia, the first major taxonomic revision of the genus since George Bentham published his arrangement in Flora Australiensis in 1870.
glabrescens was redescribed as B. incana, and B. quercifolia var.
George further proposed a new infrageneric classification for Banksia, redefining some of the existing sections, demoting Bentham's B. sect.
Banksia) respectively, and publishing six new series: The classification was widely accepted, and is essentially the one that is in use today.
Finally, having examined historical specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and elsewhere, George published lectotypes for most pre-existing Banksia taxa.