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Newman's lady-fern Athyrium flexile: Native Dickie's bladder-fern Cystopteris dickieana: Native Brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis: Native Mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana: Native Oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris: Native Limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum: Native Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris: Introduced Sensitive fern
The book was released at a time of so-called "pteridomania" in Britain. [1] Along with William Grosart Johnstone and Alexander Croall's Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds (London, 1859–1860), the book featured Bradbury's innovative nature printing process. The publisher of the work was Bradbury and Evans.
Equipped with The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland or one of the many other books sold for fern identification, collectors sought out ferns from dealers and in their native habitats across the British Isles and beyond. Fronds were pressed in albums for display in homes. Live plants were also collected for cultivation in gardens and indoors.
The origins and early history of the BPS at the time of "Pteridomania" is described in the book The Victorian Fern Craze. [2] The BPS celebrated its centenary in 1991; amongst other things, it was marked by the publication of the book, A World of Ferns. [3] The British Pteridological Society is a registered charity: No. 1092399. [4]
A selection of Observer's Books including the first in the series, British Birds (1937), showing the wavy line pattern on the dustjackets. The Observer's Books are a series of small, pocket-sized books, published by Frederick Warne & Co in the United Kingdom from 1937 to 2003. They covered topics such as hobbies, art, history and wildlife.
AIDGAP is an acronym for Aid to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants. The AIDGAP series is a set of books published by the Field Studies Council . They are intended to enable students and interested non-specialists to identify groups of taxa in Britain which are not covered by standard field guides .
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.
The Macmillan Field Guides to Bird Identification are two small bird field guides. Volume 1, The Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification , illustrated by Alan Harris and Laurel Tucker , with text by Keith Vinicombe , was originally published in 1989, covered British birds.