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One of the loveliest but also most useful illustrated gift books of the season is this new edition of a classic 1955 reference guide to British flowers and plants . . . Foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, who reveals that almost every book he has written in the past two decades has been informed by this one.

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A lost classic, now back in print in stunning livery, championed by Lewis-Stempel, our 'finest living nature writer'. A British Flora introduces all Britain's flowers and plants - of field, hedgerow and garden, both rare and common. Each one is listed by family and then with their Latin, common and also various regional names – with a discussion of their magical, mythical, culinary religious and medicinal properties + literary and historical connections. 
Scattered throughout the book are medieval woodcuts, rhymes, proverbs and potions. 
An essential reference and a beautiful gift.

A British Flora

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