WILD FLOWERS OF CHALK and LIMESTONE. By J.E. Lousley. Collins New Naturalist No. 16. Hardback First Edition.

1950 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 222mm). Ppxviii,254. Colour and b/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations, maps and bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt.

"This book will urge many to follow in the author's footsteps in search of the rich flora which make our chalk downs and limestone cliffs so fascinating to explore." Chapters include: Flowers and chalk and limestone soils; Box Hill - the common flowers of chalk; Box Hill - the ecology of the chalk; the North Downs; The South Downs and the Isle of wight; Other chalklands south of the Thames; Chalklands north of the Thames; Limestones of South-West England; The Jurassic limestones; Limestones of Wales and the Welsh border; The Derbyshire Dales; The magnesian limestone; Craven in Yorkshire; Other limestone districts of North England; Limestones of Scotland and Ireland; Summary and conclusion. Scholarly and authoritative. Excellent and readable work, much to be recommended.