{"product_id":"9781910723319","title":"Wild Flowers of Britain : Month by Month","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Margaret Erskine Wilson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBritish Isles\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 September 2016 by MERLIN UNWIN BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 176 pages, 148 Illustrations, colour\u003cbr\u003e181 x 163 x 22mm | 446g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and water-colourist. In 1999, she donated to the Society 150 sheets of watercolour paintings representing a thousand British and Irish plants in flower and in fruit, painted in situ over many years and in various places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time she donated the paintings to Kendal Natural History Society, she wrote:Begun in 1943\/4 for a friend who said, ‘I might learn the names of flowers if you drew them for me, in the months they’re in flower’!The result is this beautiful, previously-unpublished little book of all her accurate and informative illustrations, painted over a period of 45 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book today still serves Margaret’s original purpose in that it is indeed an attractive way to learn the names of our delicate and beautiful wild flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Erskine Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57391160099141,"sku":"9781910723319","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781910723319.jpg?v=1773517583","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781910723319","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}