Wild Flowers of the British Isles by H. Isabel Adams 1907

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Title Page HIA1 NFS	Columbine, Aquilegia, Delphiniums HIA23 $45	Title Page HIA3 NFS


Purpler Loostrife, Purslane HIA100A $35	Birthwort, Asarum HIA101A $25	Pink Family, Dianthus HIA103A $35


Saxifrage Family HIA7 $35	Cyclamen, Water Violet, HIA8 $35	Strawberry, Lady's Mantle, Agrimony HIA6 $35

Tea Tree, Thorn Apple, HIA12 $35	Great Mullein, Mimulus HIA13 $35	Figwort Family, Toad Flax HIA19 $35


Black Horehound, Wood Sage HIA96 $35	Deadly Nightshade, Woody Nightshade HIA15 $45	Hemp Nettle, Betony HIA97 $35


The Stonecrop Family HIA10 $35	The Sundew Family, Caniverous Plant HIA17 $35	The Valerian Family HIA48 $35


Asparagus, Solomon's Seal, Lily of the Valley HIA25 $35	Arum Lily, Sweet Sedge HIA26 $35	Rattle, Cow-Wheat, Melampyrum HIA20 $35


Bird's Nest Orchid, Red Hellebore HIA28 $35	Monkey Orchid, Lizard Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Dark-Winged Orchid HIA29 $35	Spotted Orchid, Early Purple Orchid, March Orchid HIA30 $45


Garlic, Grape Hyacinth, Bluebell HIA38	Lady's Slipper Orchid HIA32 $45	Spider Orchid, Fly Orchid, Bee Orchid, Hellebore HIA33 $35


Buttercup, Mountain Globe Flower, Winter Aconite, Hellebore HIA34 $45	The Buttercup Family HIA35 $45	Buttercup, Ranunculus HIA36 $45


Gipsy Lycopus, Skull Cap HIA109 $25	Spotted Catchfly, Soapwort, Corn Cockle HIA40 $45	Yellow Archangel,m Bastard Balm HIA101 $35


St. John's Wort Family HIA43 $35	The Flax Family HIA44 $45	The Dead Nettle Family HAI94 $25

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The wealth of talented artists in botanical illustration never ceases to amaze and Harriet Adams is another outstanding discovery. A member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, she was a graduate of Birmingham Art School. She worked in the Arts and Crafts style, designing bookplates and a children's book: Little Red Riding Hood and the History of Tom Thumb.

As we know so little about her, but were astonished by the beauty of this work, suffice it to quote below part of an article published in 1907 by the Spectator (Archives):

“We have seen few flower drawings (always excepting Curtis's Flora Londinensis) that have given us so much pleasure to look at. From one to half-a-dozen plants are figured on a page; but Miss Adams manages to keep the character of each species distinct, and the grouping is often full of skill and grace. We have nothing but praise for the colouring, especially the various greens. The yellow of the rock-rose is beautiful, and the more subdued mauves and pinks are excellent.”