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Our round up of the best plant, trees and flower books of the year.....


The Wild Flower Key

Francis Rose and Clare O'Reilly

Revised and expanded edition of this essential guide with full keys to more than 1600 wild plants found in Britain and Ireland. It's packed with extra identification tips and innovative features designed to assist beginners and professionals alike, with many more illustrations. More...

softcover | Edition 2 | 2006 | #143162 | £19.99

Collins Tree Guide

Owen Johnson and David More

Published in the same format as the bestselling Collins Bird Guide, the Collins Tree Guide is a definitive, fully-illustrated guide to the trees of Britain and non-Mediterranean Europe. Within each tree family there is a list of key species and a guide to the most important features to look for when identifying a particular tree from that family. Individual species are then clearly described and a detailed description is given on the same page. More...

hardcover | 2004 | #128715 | £25.00
softcover | 2006 | #151916 | £16.99

Mushrooms

Roger Phillips

The culmination of over thirty years' work, this authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information and original photographs.

Set to become the essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia for the next 25 years, this book is also clear, user friendly and will appeal to a wide range of readers. More...

softcover | 2006 | #159629 | £18.99

Botany Illustrated

J Glimn-Lacy and PB Kaufman

This easy-to-use book helps make learning botany fun and helps you acquire a wealth of fascinating information about plants. There are 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of illustrations. The illustration pages are composed of scientifically accurate, true-to-life size drawings of plants. Using coloured pencils and the authors' instructions, you can color the various plant structures to stand out in vivid clarity. Your knowledge of plants increases rapidly as you colour the illustrations. More...

softcover | Edition 2 | 2006 | #157842 | £19.95

Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Pierre Delforge

First English Edition of this magnificent guide, covering identification, biology and conservation of more than 520 species of orchid found in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The detailed text, 1,270 colour photographs and line drawings all allow the specialist, as well as the avid botanist, to identify the wild orchids of the region with precision More...

hardcover | Edition 3 | 2006 | #154641 | £29.99

The Trees that Made Britain

Archie Miles

A compelling combination of fact and myth, "The Trees That Made Britain" gives an in-depth portrait of our greatest and best-loved trees, from ancient natives to exotic newcomers. In addition to the 8 trees featured in the BBC series, it will include portraits of all other native UK varieties. Illustrated with stunning photographs throughout, the book will be a celebration of the beauty and wonder of the Earth's largest and oldest living structures. More...

hardcover | 2006 | #159172 | £20.00

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