Flora Britannica

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Two years after the publication of Flóra Britannica, Chatto & Windus is proud to present a concise edition of this popular and bestselling work. Illustrated throughout in col our, this smaller, portable Flóra Britannica is organised thematically, rather than botanically, and makes available at a readily affordable price the fruits of five years of intensive originál research. Flóra Britannica is unique in that it is not principally a botanical flóra but a cultural one - an account of the role of wild plants in social life, arts, custom and landscape. It is alsó unique in that information has been supplied by the people themselves: people all over Britain - both rural and úrban - have been encouraged to record and celebrate the cultural dimensions of their own flóra, and to send their memories and anecdotes, observations and régiónál knowledge to Flóra Britannica.The result is a nationwide record of the native and naturalised plants of England, Scotland and Wales. This new edition is... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Two years after the publication of Flóra Britannica, Chatto & Windus is proud to present a concise edition of this popular and bestselling work. Illustrated throughout in col our, this smaller, portable Flóra Britannica is organised thematically, rather than botanically, and makes available at a readily affordable price the fruits of five years of intensive originál research. Flóra Britannica is unique in that it is not principally a botanical flóra but a cultural one - an account of the role of wild plants in social life, arts, custom and landscape. It is alsó unique in that information has been supplied by the people themselves: people all over Britain - both rural and úrban - have been encouraged to record and celebrate the cultural dimensions of their own flóra, and to send their memories and anecdotes, observations and régiónál knowledge to Flóra Britannica.The result is a nationwide record of the native and naturalised plants of England, Scotland and Wales. This new edition is arranged according to themes such as 'Trees', 'Plants as resources', 'Úrban commons', 'Immigrant plants' and 'Midwinter greenery', and asks questions such as: How do wild plants get their popular names? What games do children play with them? How do they contribute to our sense of place? Inside these broad categories, many fascinating puzzles are raised: How old are our ancient churchyard yews? Why do Mediterranean fig-trees grow along the banks of northern rivers? How did the custom arise of kissing under the mistletoe? Flóra Britannica is still an ongoing project, a rich testimony to the continuing intimacy of our relationship with the world of plants. Vissza