Britain's Green Mantle Past, Present and Future

by A.G. Tansley

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Book desription: London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1949 Hard Cover. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. 294 pp. The author states in the preface that this book "is intended for all who want to know more about our native vegetation, what it consists of and how it came to be wha t it is,.we have to recognise that the whole of our natural and semi-natural vetetation is based on a number o f'plant communities' each determined by the particular conditions of the places in which it lives - heath, moor, fen, bog, salt marsh, hill grassland as well as the different kind of woodland." All the plants mentioned are referred to by their English names, scientific names usually add ed in brackets. Twenty-eight chapters and a very good indes. 142 photos (b/w) and eight drawn digures. This is a classic, authoritative text on Britain's flora. Binding is green cloth on boards. Excep tionally clean and tight. Some fading, but not to spine. Gilt lettering. Neat inscription and date on endpapers. Text is in superb cond. An exceptionally nice copy. Overall cond. v. good..

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