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

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Title Page HIA1 NFS	Poppies HIA2SOLD	Title Page HIA3 NFS


Cinquefoil, Potentilla HIA4 $35	Crab Apple, Dog Rose, Blackthorn HIA5 $55	Strawberry, Lady's Mantle, Agrimony HIA6 $35


Saxifrage Family HIA7 $35	Cyclamen, Water Violet, HIA8 $45	The Primrose Family HIA9 $45


The Stonecrop Family HIA10 $345	Primrose, Rose Bay HIA11 $45	Datura, Henbane, Lycium HIA12 $45


Mullein, Monkey Flower, Mimulus HIA13 $345	Purple Foxglove Digitalis, Corn Snapdragon HIA14 SOLD	Deadly Nightshade, Woody Nightshade HIA15 $45


The Gourd Family HIA16 SOLD	The Sundew Family, Caniverous Plant HIA17 $45	The Honeysuckle Family HIA18 $35


Linaria, Toadflax HIA19 $25	Rattle, Cow-Wheat, Melampyrum HIA20 $35	Campanula Bell Flower, Water Lobelia HIA21 SOLD


Bryony HIA22 $45	Spring Crocus, Iris HIA23 $55	Fritillaria, Star of Bethlehem HIA24 $45


Asparagus, Solomon's Seal, Lily of the Valley HIA25 $35	Arum Lily, Sweet Sedge HIA26 $35	Wild Tulip, Spider-Wort, Lily HIA27 $45


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


Great Butterfly Orchid, Musk Orchid, Sweet Scented Orchid HIA31 $45	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


Violet, Pansy HIA37 $45	Garlic, Grape Hyacinth, Bluebell HIA38 $35	Columbine, Monkshood, Larkspur HIA39 $45


Spotted Catchfly, Soapwort, Corn Cockle HIA40 SOLD	Geranium, Hemlock, Balsam HIA41 $45	Campion, Ragged Robin HIA42 $35


St. John's Wort Family HIA43 $35	The Flax Family HIA44 SOLD	The Mallow Family HIA45 $45

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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.�