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RICHARD MORSE'S latest book is described as "a simple, readable introduction to the study of British Vildflowers". This unpretentious claim is justified by the book itself, which, in clear and non-technical language, shows how flowers may be idenmfied, how they live, behave and reproduce. The book is arranged in two parts. Part 1 contains an account of some of the more interesting families of British wildflowers, which are always referred to by their common namer on and on without upses, botanical names being omitted. This half of the book has been deliberately planned to draw the new readetting his supposed dislike for technical terms. Part 2 has been written to supplement Part 1 and contains a short synopsis of all the families of British flowering plants, Latin names being included. It also contains sections giving the numerical distribution of wild-flowers, their usual habitats and the seasons at which they appear as well as a section in which wild flowers are arranged according to their colour. A well-arranged bibliography is included as a valuable appendix, and there are also four indexes giving English and Latin names to individual flowers and to the families to which they belong, with the necessary cross-references.
Introduction to Wildflowers
By Richard Morse. Pp. 266 + 48 plates. (London: Adam and Charles Black, Ltd., 1949.) 12s. 6d. net.
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H., T. The British Wild Flora. Nature 164, 466 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164466a0
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