Books you may like to hear about

[Roma]

I got Postscript Books' latest catalogue the other day.  They have all five volumes of The European Garden Flora for £100.  I am tempted but do not feel I would use it enough to justify the space it would take up on my bookshelves which are already overflowing.   

[Palustris]

Got the Christopher Whitehouse book on Kniphofia for Christmas. Lovely book, but why oh why did they have to print it on shiny paper? It is almost impossible to read with the light on in the house.

[Maggi Young]

 I sympathise, Eric. I hate ultra shiny paper - very hard to read for me in most lights.

[Maggi Young]

Forumist and SRGC member, Todd Boland has  just had another plant guide released 

Wildflowers of New Brunswick: Field Guide

An authoritative guide to 700 native and introduced species of wildflowers in New Brunswick. A series of page tabs and icons, along with full colour photos, offers easy identification of wild plants.

About the Author

Todd Boland is the Research Horticulturist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden and is one of the founding members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society. He is author of Wildflowers of Nova Scotia, Trees and Shrubs of the Maritimes, and Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador.


Available directly from the Publisher, or from  Amazon, ( use the link below to help the SRGC, too!) Indigo  http://boulderpublications.ca/

Todd says his next title, on the Wildflowers of Newfoundland is well underway!

Todd Boland
27 January 2017

"At last the final book in my trilogy of Atlantic Canada wildflower guides is off to the printers. The last book will be the best as it covers the Wildflowers AND ferns from the Island of Newfoundland. Could be on the shelves by March!"

[Yann]

Flowers of the Dolomites, 150 species and distribution maps



http://repository.regione.veneto.it/public/79b6cc0465803b1f37110b974e178cd9.php?lang=it&dl=true

[Maggi Young]

I heartily commend  the book "The World of Crocuses" from Janis Ruksans - a magnificent book detailing  many deacdes of work on the genus Crocus.
 You can read more here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15246.0  ( including a link to some sample pages)

From the other forum page you will learn that it will be available soon in Australia and also from the AGS bookshop

[Maggi Young]

Coming soon - the new book from Cliff Booker and David Charlton - Mountain Flowers of the Pyrenees and Picos




"there is an offer (for AGS members only) in the latest AGS Newsletter that sells our book for only £7 each (with no limit on numbers, as far as I know), so you could actually place a joint order for all your members delivered to one address … the book is being distributed and sold exclusively by Collett's Mountain Holidays and they will supply the AGS and Amazon"

[Maggi Young]

Todd Boland
27 January 2017

"At last the final book in my trilogy of Atlantic Canada wildflower guides is off to the printers. The last book will be the best as it covers the Wildflowers AND ferns from the Island of Newfoundland. Could be on the shelves by March!"

  And indeed , here is that book - with the author........



it to add:  http://boulderpublications.ca/boulder4/product/wildflowers-and-ferns-newfoundland-field-guide

[Maggi Young]

   
Great offer on Yasemin Koneralp Book, Wild Flowers of Turkey  - see details here :

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15311.0

[Maggi Young]

'Violas of Britain and Ireland' ISBN-13: 9780901158505   - by Michael Porter  & Michael Foley, published by BSBI and spoken well of by John Grimshaw. 
http://www.nhbs.com/series/2757/bsbi-handbooks

[ranunculus]

Now available from Collett's Mountain Holidays.

Link:-   https://www.colletts.co.uk/dolomites/mountain-flowers-the-dolomites/

[Maggi Young]

Now available from Collett's Mountain Holidays.

Link:-   https://www.colletts.co.uk/dolomites/mountain-flowers-the-dolomites/

Beat me to it, Cliff!
Those who recall the first of these books, the one relating to the Dolomites, will not be surprised to learn that the second book from Cliff Booker and David Charlton, this time on the Pyrenees and Picos,  follows on the very successful  theme. This book is a genuine "pocket" guide - something to be valued in itself, since most of us are not  blessed with minions to carry great tomes of reference on our walking holidays!  This neat, ring bound book will fit in any pocket and make a valuable  contribution to helping to identify the plants  likely to be found on a trip to the area - the pages are coated with some natty water-resistant material  (they may even be fully water-proof- I cannot bring myself to test that!) so with the arrangement of the  plants  by flower colour and habitat, it is simplicity itself to find  the target. Useful for  beginners or  for those more experienced  visitors to double-check fuzzy memories. 
The photography is excellent - of course - and even for a wet afternoon browse in the UK, both these books are a pleasure to read - for those planning a trip to the areas covered by either book I would think they are an essential part of one's kit to increase  the pleasure to be found in seeing so many delightful flowers in their natural habitat.

The purchase price is very reasonable too, which doesn't hurt. Plenty would charge a lot more for such a useful publication.
Buy it - then book a holiday with the authors- that'll be even more fun!

[ashley]

... those growing Amaryllidaceae may be interested in The Amaryllidaceae from Southern Africa; it sounds really good:
http://shop.kew.org/the-amaryllidaceae-of-southern-africa?utm_source=KewBooks&utm_campaign=bccad35d7c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_86ab81d40a-bccad35d7c-124876029

Recently I was lucky enough to receive a gift of this book, & think it's superb: authoritative (reflecting Graham Duncan's extensive experience), comprehensive and very beautiful.
Well worth the investment for anyone interested in this family

[Yann]

This time ebooks, if you're curious of plants from south-west of France, you should visit and download stuff from this website

http://www.arbres-lozere.fr/




each books contains detail of roots, foliage, flowers for each species. Really nice work, freely offered

[Maggi Young]

That's a super site, Yann - worth knowing about for sure. Just click on the title of interest and there's a speedy download.  Excellent.