Mabey Richard. Flora Britannica. Part 3/3

The Concise Edition. — Chatto & Windus, 1998. — 275 p. — ISBN10: 0701167319, ISBN13: 978-0701167318.Part 1 /file/3077842/
Part 2 /file/3077843/Illustrated throughout in colour, and organised thermatically rather than botanically, THE CONCISE makes available for the first time, at an affordable price, the fruits of five years of painstaking research. Like FLORA BRITANNICA, this selection includes personal anecdotes, observations and regional knowledge of people from all over Britain.Local Names
Ragworts • Corn marigold • Butterbur • Lords-and-ladies •Bog asphodel • 'Plants, places and names' • Cheddar pink • Spiked star-of Bethlehem • Summer snowflake
Plants as Emblems
Ferns • Common poppy • Common duckweed
The Spring: 'Spring festivals'
Games and Rituals
Plantains • Cleavers • Snowberry • Burdock • Mugwort • Soft-rush • Grasses
Plants as Resources
Silver birch • Hazel • Willows • Heather • Gorse
Wild Herbs: 'Wild foods'
Trees
Oaks• Beech• Sweet chestnut• Elms• Black-poplar • Field maple • Ash
Plants as Historic Landmarks
Scots pine • London plane • Limes • Woad • Service-trees• Medlar• Laburnum• Teasels• Snowdrop • 'Hedges'
Immigrant Plants
Fig • Knotweeds • Russian-vine • Fuchsia • Horse-chestnut• Sycamore• Stag's-horn sumach •Tree-of-heaven• Indian balsam• Giant hogweed • Buddleia •Ivy-leaved toadflax • Canadian goldenrod• Michaelmas-daisies• Martagon lily • Pyrenean lily
Wild Plants in the Garden: Columbine • Tutsan • Wild roses • Rosebay willowherb • Lily-of-the-valley
Urban Commons
Orchids• Pyramidal orchid• Spotted-orchids• Bee orchid
Churchyards
Yew
Midwinter Greenery
Norway spruce• Mistletoe• Holly• Ivy• Box
Beauties and Prodigals
Peony• Mezereon •Jacob's-ladder•
Fairy foxglove• Rested cow-wheat• Field cowwheat • Wild gladiolus • Eastern gladiolus • Lady's-slipper • Lizard orchid • Military orchid
Calendar of Plant Folklore
Source Notes
Acknowledgements
Index of Places
General Index