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£4.99
Food For Free - Richard Mabey - Paperback
This new edition provides a portable guide for all those who enjoy what the countryside has to offer. Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. There is also advice on how to pick plus the countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants.
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Mushrooms And Toadstools: Get To Know The Natural World - Brian Spooner - Paperback
This wild guide to mushrooms & toadstools enables quick and easy identification of over 240 species found in Britain and Europe. An ID Fact File provides information on size, stem, season, edibility and habitat.
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People And Woods In Scotland: A History - Paperback
This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak returned, bringing with them first birds and mammals and, soon after, the first hunter-gathering humans.
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Scottish Wildlife - Chris Robinson - Paperback
In 'Scottish Wildlife', Chris Robinson introduces you to big beasties, wee beasties, creepy crawlies and our feathered friends and will inform and entertain as she explains how they got their names, where to find them and how to recognise them.
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Scottish Wild Plants: Their History, Ecology And Conservation - Philip Lusby; Jenny Wright - Paperback
From the Scots pine to the tiny Iceland purslane, Scotland's native flora is explored using a wealth of detailed information. The history of their discovery and identification, and their current status, whether thriving or declining, are all included.
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Scottish Woodland History - Paperback
This book deals with both the old Caledonian pine forests and the deciduous woods, and discusses how people have used and misused them over the centuries.
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£8.99
Seeds Of Blood And Beauty: Scottish Plant Collectors - Ann Lindsay - Paperback
'Seeds of Blood and Beauty' traces the development of the great Scottish plant collectors of the 18th and 19th centuries who left their quiet native shores in search of exotic specimens, often encountering great danger along the way.
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The Story Of Glasgow Botanic Gardens - Eric W. Curtis - Hardback
At the point of the 300th anniversary of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the site is an oasis in the city much used for the enjoyment of the general public. This volume is a visual and historical celebration.