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

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Comfrey HIA54 $45	Cinquefoil, Potentilla HIA4 $45	Yellow Archangel HIA9$45


Blackberry, Geum HIA85 $45	Creeping Jenny, Wood Loosestrife HIA78 $45	Datura, Henbane, Lycium HIA12 $45


Linaria, Toadflax HIA19 $35	Flax Family HIA21	Rattle, Cow-Wheat, Melampyrum HIA20 $35


Bird's Nest Orchid, Red Hellebore HIA28 $55	Monkey Orchid, Lizard Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Dark-Winged Orchid HIA29 $55	Spotted Orchid, Early Purple Orchid, March Orchid HIA30 $55


Great Butterfly Orchid, Musk Orchid, Sweet Scented Orchid HIA31 $45	Arum Lily, Sweet Sedge HIA26 SOLD	Spider Orchid, Fly Orchid, Bee Orchid, Hellebore HIA33 $45


The Sundew Family, Caniverous Plant HIA17 $45	St. John's Wort Family HIA43 $35	The Buttercup Family HIA35 $45


The Buttercup Family HIA36 $45	Dead Nettle Family HIA95t $35	The Buttercup Family HIA34 $45

The Dead Nettle Family, Bugle, Black Horehound, Wild Sage HIA94 $35	The Dead Nettle Family, Cat Nip, Self Heal HIA95 $45	The Dead Nettle Family, Wild Sage, Skull Cap, Mint HIA96 $35

The Pink Family, Maiden Pink Dianthus HIA97 $45	The Dead Nettle Family, White Horehound, Common Hemp Nettle HIA98 $45	The Loosestrife Family, Purple Loosestrife HIA99 $45

The Birthwort Family HIA100 $35	The Buttercup Family, Marsh Marigold, King Cup HIA101 $45	The Mignonette Family, Base Rocket HIA102 $25

The Nettle Family, Common Hops Humulus, Stinging Nettle HIA103 $35	The Parsley Family, Poisonous Hemlock Conium Maculatum HIA104 $45	The Parsley Family, Caraway HIA105 $25

The Cabbage Family, Wallflower HIA106 $35	The Parsley Family, Common Fennel HIA107 $25	The Cabbage Family, Wild Mustard HIA106 $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.”