A British Flora
Aaron's Beard to Yellow-wort
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published:15th Oct '26
Should be back in stock very soon
A lost classic: the ultimate reference book of British flowers and plants, illustrated with stunning woodcuts. The perfect gift for every gardener, walker and lover of the countryside.
A lost classic, now back in print in stunning livery, championed by Lewis-Stempel, our 'finest living nature writer'. A British Flora introduces all Britain's flowers and plants - of field, hedgerow and garden, both rare and common. Each one is listed by family and then with their Latin, common and also various regional names – with a discussion of their magical, mythical, culinary religious and medicinal properties + literary and historical connections.
Scattered throughout the book are medieval woodcuts, rhymes, proverbs and potions.
An essential reference and a beautiful gift.
A sumptuous reissue of a lost classic by one of the most prolific and wide-ranging authors of the 20th century . . . The richness of the writing and the pure joy of discovery will keep you (or the lucky recipient) among its pages quite happily for hours. -- Karen Brazier and Amber Harrison * Country Living *
One of the loveliest but also most useful illustrated gift books of the season is this new edition of a classic 1955 reference guide to British flowers and plants . . . Foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, who reveals that almost every book he has written in the past two decades has been informed by this one. * The Bookseller *
A sumptuous reissue of a lost classic by one of the most prolific and wide - ranging authors of the 20th century ... The richness of the writing and the pure joy of discovery will keep you among its pages quite happily for hours.’ -- The Folde Bookshop * Country Living *
ISBN: 9781529994094
Dimensions: 242mm x 163mm x 43mm
Weight: 713g
496 pages