Book ID: 182
DOWNIE, Marie Alice and Mary HAMILTON
'and some brought flowers'. Plants in a New World. With illustrations by E.J.Revell. 1980. 70 col. plates. 164 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
In seventy exquisite watercolours E.J.Revell has captured the beauty ofplants found by early travellers in North America - from Ash toWintergreen, Bittersweet to Wappatoo, the common Bedstraw and theuncommon Camass, the edible Fiddlehead and the ubiquitous Dandelion.Accompanying each painting are quotations from a variety of explorersand settlers, describing the plants and reflecting the practical,aesthetic, and botanic interests of newcomers in different parts of thecountry. The paintings are arranged alphabetically, in keeping with thetradition of old herbals, and botanical descriptions are provided.