MAUREEN FOSTER - Preserved Flowers. Practical Methods and Creative Uses.

London England, Book Club Associates, 1976. 1st Book Club Associates, Binding: Cloth, Bryn Foster Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harback Hardback. Slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. A comprehensive and practical reference book, primarily for the flower arranger, but also of interest to anyone, whether town or country dweller, who appreciates the beauty of nature's flowering and non-flowering plants. At the beiginning of the book the methods of preservation are described in detail, accompanied by easy-to-follow working drawings. There are followed by more than 200 natural plant materials described in derails with reference to the most suitable method of preserving. Classed in their appropriate sections these include flowers, foilage, grasses, fungi, lichen, mosses, ferns, cones, seedheads and wood. Illustrated. 199 pp.