Description

Flowers of the World. From the front flap of this 320 page book: “This magnificent book will serve many purposes to readers all over the world; it will help identify an enormous number of flowers that they can see growing in the wild or that can be grown in their own gardens; it will introduce plants, common and rare from foreign countries; it will provide information about cultivating plants either outdoors, under glass, or indoor in pots; in fact, it will prove to be a botanical garden in the home. The text introduces the major plant families of the world, arranged in alphabetical order. The principal characteristics of each family are given and then a selection of genera and species is described and illustrated. Within this book the author, Frances Perry, tells the botanical, horticultural and historical story of thousands of flowers. Hardcover, ISBN 9780600016342
Publisher: Hamlyn, 1972
Used – Fair: Hamlyn, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Leslie Greenwood. foreword by The Lord Aberconway, Acknowledgements, preface by author and illustrator, Introduction by C. D. Brickell, glossary and index. Illustrated end pages, showing various types of leaves to the front panel and examples of flower shapes and inflorescences rear end pages. The text is illustrated with copious colour botanical drawings by Leslie Greenwood..