{"product_id":"british-flora-book-geoffrey-grigson-9781529994094","title":"A British Flora","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, ‘Britain’s greatest living nature writer’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning illustrated edition of a classic in natural history, the ultimate reference book of British flowers and plants from poet and botanist Geoffrey Grigson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAlmost every book I have written in the last eighteen years has been informed by \u003ci\u003eA British Flora.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJohn Lewis-Stempel, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEngland: A Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1955 as \u003ci\u003eThe Englishman’s Flora\u003c\/i\u003e, Geoffrey Grigson’s lost classic has now been updated in this stunning new edition. An illustrated guide to Britain’s flora, it is a must-have treasure trove for every walker, forager and lover of our countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListing flowers and trees of the field, hedgerow and heathland, both rare and familiar, with their Latin, common and regional names, it includes their magical, mythical, medicinal and culinary properties, and their role in shaping the culture, religion and history of these isles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile ten wildflowers have been ‘lost’ and much of our flora depleted since it was first published, it illustrates all that the British countryside should be and can still be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and scattered with sixteenth-century woodcuts, rhymes, proverbs and potions, \u003ci\u003eA British Flora\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate rural companion, essential reference and perfect gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the loveliest but also most useful illustrated gift books of the season.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘There can be nothing but praise for this attractive, erudite volume … a richly packed, loving book’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53032242675985,"sku":"NGR9781529994094","price":32.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781529994094.jpg?v=1790220573","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/british-flora-book-geoffrey-grigson-9781529994094","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}