Wild Flowers Of Britain PDF Download
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Wild Flowers Of Britain PDF full book. Access full book title Wild Flowers Of Britain.
Author | : Margaret Erskine Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-09 |
Genre | : Wild flowers |
ISBN | : 9781910723319 |
Download Wild Flowers of Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Margaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and water-colourist. In 1999, she donated to the Society 150 sheets of water-colour paintings representing a thousand British and Irish plants in flower and in fruit, painted in situ over many years and in various places. At the time she donated the paintings to Kendal Natural History Society, she wrote: Begun in 1943/4 for a friend who said, 'I might learn the names of flowers if you drew them for me, in the months they're in flower'! The result is this beautiful, previously unpublished book of all her accurate and informative illustrations, painted over a period of 45 years. Over a thousand British and Irish flowers are represented in this book and it still today serves Margaret Erskine Wilson's original purpose -- it is an easy way to learn the names of our delicate and beautiful wild flowers.
Author | : Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Marjorie Blamey |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Wild flowers |
ISBN | : 9780713659443 |
Download Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first ever fully-illustrated, fully-mapped guide to the British and Irish flora. Its restriction to the British Isles alone allows far more detail and more local information, and identification which is made easier with the inclusion of extensive maps. Includes specific details about plants appearing in certain areas and coloured maps designed to make location and identification easy, this book also includes details of local specialities for the Isles of Scilly. Also featured is an illustrated survey of recently disappeared British and Irish plants, some of which may return. With over 2000 detailed colour paintings and more than 800 maps, this is the most extensively illustrated wild flower guide to Britain and Ireland yet. Coloured, boxed keys to plants in complex or difficult groups are provided to assist ID. The Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland features information about grasses, which are often omitted in other, shorter books, along with sedges, rushes, horsetails and clubmosses. Ferns, though not strictly speaking flowering plants, are also included too.
Author | : Wolfgang Lippert |
Publisher | : Harpercollins Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780002199964 |
Download Wild Flowers of Britain & Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Covers over 250 of the commonest flowers found in Britain and Europe. Each species is illustrated and described in detail in the text. The flowers are organized by colour, and the book is supplied in a durable pack wallet.
Author | : Rosamond Richardson |
Publisher | : National Trust |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2017-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1911358340 |
Download Britain's Wild Flowers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. From hedgerows to meadows, wildflowers can be found throughout our green and pleasant land. In this book, journalist and garden writer Rosamond Richardson traces the history and myths behind each flower to discover the fascinating ways in which the plants were used. Discover which flower used as a medieval lie-detector to test the innocence of suspected criminals, or stuffed in the shoes of Roman centurions to prevent damage to their feet as they marched. From periwinkles, beloved of Chaucer, and the oxlips and ‘nodding violet’ growing in the forest of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the book celebrates the important role wildflowers have played in literature, as well as their uses in food and medicine, and the history, myths and tales behind each species. The nineteenth-century poet John Clare wrote, ‘I love wildflowers (none are weeds with me)'. This book is a celebration of the bountiful history behind Britain’s beloved wildflowers and is perfect for anyone with an interest in gardening, history or the natural world.
Author | : Roger Phillips |
Publisher | : Mad River PressInc |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780330251839 |
Download Wild Flowers of Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : David Streeter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Wild flowers |
ISBN | : 9781900732031 |
Download The Wild Flowers of the British Isles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Margot Spohn |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Wildlife |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Download Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
No Marketing Blurb
Author | : Peter Marren |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1473524881 |
Download Chasing the Ghost Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018** Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain. The mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness among rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale and ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor and are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. Peter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. This expert and emotional journey takes Peter the length and the breadth of the British Isles, from the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherland. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist and rain, and walks several hundred miles, but does he manage to find them all? Partly about plants, partly autobiography, Chasing the Ghost is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us and enjoy what we see. Praise for Chasing the Ghost: ‘Peter Marren is the unsung hero of Britain’s nature writers’ Stephen Moss, author of Dynasties ‘Jolly, quixotic and ends with real poignancy’ Guardian ‘A poignant reminder to us all to engage with the wild flowers that grow around us’ i Newspaper
Author | : Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Download The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle