George Bentham; Sir J. D. Hooker [revised]
Handbook of the British Flora: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to, or Naturalised in, the British Isles. For the Use of Beginners and Amateurs
London, L. Reeve and Co, 1892. Cloth. A smart revised edition of this detailed handbook to British flora, intended for use by beginners and amateurs. The sixth edition of this work. Revised by Sir J. D. Hooker, a former Director of the Royal Gardens.In the publisher's original cloth binding. A thorough breakdown of an array of families and species of flora native to the British Isles, with descriptions of their characteristics and common places to find them. Written by George Bentham, an English botanist and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With fading to the spine and rubbing and bumping to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Keywords: Handbook Flora Flowers British Flora Flora None