Illustrations of around 250 wild flowers : 122 full colour plates each showing a number of different, high quality and botanically accurate illustrations of wild flowers in full colour. These are detailed and beautifully executed flower paintings, featuring stems, leaves, fruiting branches, roots, tendrils and other related aspects of each plant.
Species include dogwood, buttercup, chicory, viburnum, Virginia creeper, cherry, peach, apple, coneflower, mistflower, colombine, nightshade, orchid and many, many more.
Publishers note: This wonderful volume, assembled from National Geographic magazines dating 1915-24, spotlights some of the finest botanical imagery of its kind, including artwork by Mary E. Eaton, staff illustrator of the New York Botanical Garden.
