A British Flora
Aaron's Beard to Yellow-wort
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publishing:15th Oct '26
£25.00
This title is due to be published on 15th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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.
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 *
ISBN: 9781529994094
Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 40mm
Weight: 750g
496 pages