Botany
Our round up of the best plant, trees and flower books of the year.....
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.
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softcover | Edition 2 | 2006 | #143162 | £19.99
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.
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hardcover | 2004 | #128715 | £25.00
softcover | 2006 | #151916 | £16.99
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.
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softcover | 2006 | #159629 | £18.99
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.
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softcover | Edition 2 | 2006 | #157842 | £19.95
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
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hardcover | Edition 3 | 2006 | #154641 | £29.99
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.
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hardcover | 2006 | #159172 | £20.00
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