Download or read book Britain s Wild Flowers written by Rosamond Richardson and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Wild Flowers of Britain Ireland written by Marjorie Blamey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Wild Flowers of Britain written by Margaret Erskine Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Collins Flower Guide written by David Streeter and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring all flowering plants, including trees, grasses, and ferns, this brand-new field guide to the flowers of Britain and northern Europe is the most complete illustrated, single-volume guide ever published. Leading botanical artists have been specially commissioned to ensure accurate, detailed illustrations. Species are described and illustrated on the same page, with up-to-date authoritative text aiding identification. Plants are arranged by family, with their key features highlighted for quick and easy reference. The text offers a complete account of more than 1,900 wild flowers of Britain and Ireland, along with a summary of their European distribution.Collins Flower Guideis an indispensable guide for all those with an interest in the countryside, whether amateur or expert.

Download or read book Wild Flowers of Britain Europe written by Wolfgang Lippert and published by Harpercollins Pub Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Wild Flowers of the British Isles written by David Streeter and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Observers Book of Wild Flowers written by Francis ROSE and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Wild Flowers written by John Edward Sowerby and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wayside and Woodland Blossoms written by Edward Step and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe written by Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Wild Flower Key written by Francis Rose and published by Frederick Warne Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 and is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations and the use of keys to aid recognition. For this new edition the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system. It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British and north-west European wild plants, providing a bridge between picture identification guides and the non-illustrated academic floras.

Download or read book Marjorie Blamey s Wild Flowers by Colour written by Marjorie Blamey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an innovative and remarkably user-friendly guide to the identification of the flowers of Britain and northwestern Europe. By organising the species by their colour group first (and by family within that colour group), this guide enables those less familiar with flower taxonomy to quickly and easily find what they are looking for - a great improvement on the often-frustrating business of trawling through a conventionally-organised guide. The lovely artwork by acclaimed illustrator Marjorie Blamey, with a neat, focused and simple text, makes this book a joy to use.

Download or read book Nature Detective British Wild Flowers written by Victoria Brooker and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow identification guide for children to more than 50 of the most common wild flowers found in Britain today. Concise and clear descriptions of distinguishing features such as colour, leaf size and shape, habitat, berries and flowers, will help you to recognise which flower is which. Beautiful, large colour photographs will help make identification easy. Includes information about the parts of a flower, plant life cycles, photosynthesis and looks at why wild flowers need to be protected. Follow a fun and simple step-by-step activity to make your own wild flower window-box, hanging basket or garden. Become a nature detective and explore the natural world around you. If you enjoy this book, then why not search out the other titles in this series: British Birds; British Mammals; British Trees; British Insects; British Butterflies; Urban Widlife and British Seashore. Features the following flowers: Common Mallow; Red Campion; Ragged-Robin; Field Bindweed; Heather; Rosebay Willowherb, Foxglove; Harebell; Common Comfrey; Tufted Vetch; Teasel; Spear Thistle; Common Poppy; Scarlet Pimpernel; Meadow Buttercup; Creeping Buttercup; Common Bird's-foot-trefoil; Dandelion; Perforate St John's Wort; Tansy; Wild Daffodil; Yellow Iris; Lesser Celandine; Marsh-marigold; Shepherd's Purse; Cuckoo Flower; Dog-Rose; Bramble; Wild Strawberry; Meadowsweet; Cow Parsley; Hemlock; Yarrow; White Clover; Common Daisy; Oxeye Daisy; Garlic Mustard; Ramsons; Wood Anemone; Lily-of-the-Valley; Common Snowdrop; Cleavers; Stinging Nettle; White Deadnettle; Field Forget-Me-Not; Viper's Bugloss; Bluebell; Cornflower.

Download or read book Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe written by Margot Spohn and published by Bloomsbury Wildlife. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Download or read book Wild Flowers of the British Isles written by H. Isabel Adams and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sarah Raven s Wild Flowers written by Sarah Raven and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift—a beautiful reference book celebrating British wild flowers, by the award-winning garden writer Sarah Raven.

Download or read book Sarah Raven s Wild Flowers written by Sarah Raven and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new, practical format - the stunning book celebrating British wild flowers by award-winning garden writer Sarah Raven.Inspired by childhood excursions with her botanist father, Sarah Raven has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles to find 500 of our most breathtakingly beautiful wild flowers. This lavishly illustrated book is divided by habitat, covering woods, downs and dales, lanes and hedgerows, meadows, coast, marshes and streams, moors and mountains, and wasteland. Sarah introduces a wide range of plants, telling you their names and something about them. Discover pulsatillas, fritillaries, bluebells, wild garlic, harebells, forget-me-nots, foxgloves, wood spurge, silverweed,purple cranesbill, deadly nightshade, St John's wort, comfrey, orchids,wood sorrel, snowdrops and more.There are glorious landscape photographs by Jonathan Buckley throughout, and one of his stunning plant portraits accompanies each of Sarah's authoritative, captivating species descriptions. Informative and lovely, Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers is a botanical marvel.