This guide contains over 1,500 species from Britain and Ireland and an additional 400 from Europe. They are arranged by colour and each flower is shown as life-size (unless otherwise stated). Other details include the English name, flowering months, height and other characteristics.
Marjorie Blamey is one of Europe's leading botanical illustrators witha acclaimed career in field botany. She has illustrated numerous booksincluding Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland and Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean.
This is a nice handy little book which would slip easily into the backpack. Wildflower Society (Autumn 2005)