Abstract
THE talented author of the volume under review has made the fatal mistake of attempting to serve two masters, and with the inevitable result. From the artistic point of view the plates are for the most part very good, and they combine accuracy of detail with beauty of arrangement. No doubt they have suffered somewhat in the process of reproduction by the. three-colour process, especially as regards the green tints, but the original drawings must be excellent. An attempt has been made to produce a British flora of an up-to-date character, based on the last edition (10th) of the London catalogue, and also to produce an illustrated flora. The work before us is incomplete from both points of view.
Wild Flowers of the British Isles.
Illustrated and written by H. Isabel Adams. Revised by James E. Bagnall. Vol. ii., order xlii., Campanulaceæ to order lxxxvi., Araceæ, completing the British Wild Flowers with the exception of Water Plants and Trees. Pp. xi + 199. (London: W. Heinemann, 1910.) Price 30s. net.
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Wild Flowers of the British Isles . Nature 85, 134 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/085134a0
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