Author: Herbert Boucher Dobbie
Alternate names: H. B. Dobbie; Herbert Dobbie; HB Dobbie
Born: 13 February 1852
Died: 8 August 1940
Bio: Herbert Dobbie, author of ***New Zealand Ferns*** was born in England in 1852, and arrived in New Zealand from England in 1875, and died in 1940.

Sources:

[1] John D. McCraw. 'Dobbie, Herbert Boucher', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3d9/dobbie-herbert-boucher
[2] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Boucher_Dobbie
[3] Fern "blue books": https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/5418