{"product_id":"born-in-the-spring-a-collection-of-spring-wildflowers-paperback-softback-9780821402269","title":"Born in the Spring; A Collection of Spring Wildflowers (Paperback \/ softback) 9780821402269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBorn in the Spring\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Collection of Spring Wildflowers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJune Carver Roberts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780821402269\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e159 pages, Drawings and paintings of 93 species\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRoberts combines outstanding artistic talent, a love of wildflowers, and an engaging writing style to produce a uniquely charming volume on spring wildflowers. It attracts the eye, and it provides an engrossing series of vignettes of ninety-one species, guaranteed to lift the spirits when the snow is deepest and the thermometer lowest. (Choice) June Carver Roberts’s book will instill a love for wildflowers and other natural phenomena in even the most stubborn minds. . . . \u003ci\u003eBorn in the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e should be quite helpful in preventing today’s common wildflowers from being among tomorrow’s endangered species. (Northwest Ohio Quarterly) June Carver Roberts has a special talent for capturing with accuracy and beauty the salient characteristics of plants. . . . Each plate is in a full-page format, opposite of which is descriptive text with detailed, well-written identification features, notes on the plants’ natural histories and origins, and their blooming periods. (Foster's Botanical and Herb Reviews)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA must for flower and art lovers, \u003ci\u003eBorn in the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique collection of line drawings and magnificent watercolors of spring wildflowers. All of the drawings and paintings were done from living plants, in minute detail, with complete botanical accuracy. There are over 90 illustrations, 46 of which are in full color. The text accompanying each plate enables the reader to easily locate the flower in its natural setting. The text also includes the origins of the common and botanical names, and bits of history and lore connected with the flowers. Some are hardy aliens that have come from all over the world, while others are fragile natives described by the earliest settlers; some are now becoming rare.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574489641240,"sku":"9780821402269","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/born-in-the-spring-a-collection-of-spring-wildflowers-paperback-softback-9780821402269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}