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Wild Orchids of Britain (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 19)
By (author) V. S. Summerhayes
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A treasure for all lovers of wild plants – Wild Orchids of Britain provides a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and has a useful key to identification. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Now published in ebook format, with a complete set of new distribution maps from the Atlas of the British Flora, this beautiful book remains the standard work in its subject, a treasure for all lovers of wild plants. Dr. Dummerhayes, in charge of the orchid collection at Kew from 1924 to 1964, looks at our fifty-odd species in relation to the vast orchid family throughout the world, discusses their general biology and natural history in Britain, gives a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and provides a useful key to identification. The colour photographs represent every known British species with the exception of Orchis cruenta and O. occidentalis.
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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 19 Jul 2012
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Format | Digital download
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-0074-0617-3
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BISAC | nature / flowers
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