Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe - Softcover

Fitter, Richard; Blamey, Marjorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002190699 ISBN 13: 9780002190695

Publisher: Collins, 1974

Synopsis

This book is the first guide to all trees, shrubs and flowering plants growing wild in the British Isles and in Europe from the Alps up to the Arctic, including Iceland. The book starts with 11 pages of thumbnail sketches for easily identifying flowers from the number of petals and other characteristics of their flowers. There are also further keys for identifying plants from their leaves and other characteristics. The keys then point to paintings each of which was done specially for this book, from fresh specimens, carefully and beautifully reproduced and printed in colour.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

COMPREHENSIVE
EASY TO USE • HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED

A leader in the field for almost 20 years, this guide provides comprehensive coverage of the trees, shrubs and flowering plants growing wild in the British Isles and in Europe from the Alps up to the Arctic, including Iceland. Over 1430 species are illustrated and over 1950 described, in systematic order, from trees to orchids and waterweeds.

Beautiful colour paintings are complemented by text which stresses the points most useful for quick identification. There are notes on ecology, lists of characteristic plants, a glossary, and indexes of scientific names. The keys are illustrated in colour, with the main key designed specially for beginners. Eight special keys allow identification of more difficult groups of plants.

‘One of the best botanical field guides.’
COUNTRYSIDE

About the Author:

Marjorie Blamey – before becoming one of the leading British botanical artists of our time – was in turn a photographer, actress, wartime Red Cross nurse and ambulance driver, and with her husband ran a Cornish dairy farm for 20 years. They sold the farm in 1968 to make field botany and painting a new career. Since then, her books have sold nearly a million copies in many languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0002190699
• ISBN 13: 9780002190695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336