Companion to flowers / by David McClintock
1968, Book Club Edition. London : G. Bell and Sons. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #242462
Physical description; 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents; 1. Some stories about plants -- 2. How our flowers became known, up to 1705 -- 3. More people connected with wild plants -- 4. Early discoveries in Wales, Ireland and Scotland -- 5. Grouping and naming plants -- 6. Botanists and botany after 1705 -- 7. Equipment -- 8. Getting to know plants better -- 9. More on plants -- 10. What is a native wild flower? -- 11. A little on plant associations -- 12. Some thoughts on plant distribution -- 13. Where to look for wild flowers -- 14. Plant names -- 15. Some by-lanes. Subjects; Botany. Botany -- — History. Wild flowers. Great Britain.
Price: €10.00