Abstract
THIS flora, which is well illustrated with text figures and some coloured plates, will be found of great service to botanists and plant lovers visiting the Riviera. It is divided into four main sections. In the first portion the native wild vegetation is described and figures are given of the more important wild plants of the region. The second portion is devoted to “Les Cultures ornementales”; that is, the introduced plants to be found in the gardens and parks of the Côte d'Azur. In the third part the industrial plants are dealt with; and finally a large section is devoted to “Les Cultures alimentaires.” In the first portion the plants are referred to under their ecological formations, those of the sand dunes, maquis, garrigues, rocky situations, marshes and meadows, and mountains, and much interesting and useful information is given. The illustrations are scattered throughout the volume, and the reader may find it a little difficult to identify any particular plant or to find his way easily about the book. It is, however, a very useful volume and worthy of careful study by any one interested in the rich native and exotic vegetation of the Riviera.
Les fleurs de la Côte d'Azur (De Toulon à Menton).
Léon
Marret
Par. (Encyclopédie pratique du naturaliste, 21.) Pp. 428 + 112 planches. (Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1926.) 40 francs.
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Les fleurs de la Côte d'Azur (De Toulon à Menton). Nature 118, 9 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118009c0
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