WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN: WITH A KEY TO THE SPECIES. By V.S. Summerhayes. New Naturalist No. 19.

1951 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 222mm). Ppxviii,366. Colour and b/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt.

"Mr Summerhayes is in charge of the orchid collection at the Kew Herbarium. Besides covering covering the general biology and natural history of orchids in Britain, he gives a detailed account of all our species, varieties and hybrids, including maps of distribution and a key to identification". Excellent and authoritative account, undulled by the passing of years.