Books in Colour series

This beautiful book presents more than 1200 alpine flowers in 112 magnificent color plates and 36 black-and-white plates, with a fully descriptive text. Each of the flowers selected for this unique and comprehensive volume commonly flourishes at a minimum altitude of approximately five thousand feet above sea level. Their natural habitats include Pyrenees Mountains; the French, Swiss, Italian, and Austrian Alps; the Julian Alps of Yugoslavia; Scandinavia; and the hills and northern parts of the British Isles. Large numbers are to be found in the northern parts of the United States and its mountain ranged and are familiar in many rock gardens throughout America. The text, thoroughly detailed and completely authoritative, was prepared with the layman in mind. A simple key to plant families, a glossary, maps of the European mountain ranges, and a useful introduction to alpine habitats and the problems of botany, round off this handsome book, an attractive addition to any library, a work that seems certain to become the standard authority on mountain flowers.