![]() ix), and she hopes that the Illustrated Plant Glossary meets these expectations. ![]() And why wouldn’t I? After all, what better combination can there be than an illustrated book that unites the joy of word exploration and discovery with plants? Aim of the bookĪpart from producing a book to reach a wide audience, Mayfield’s other declared aim is “to provide a glossary that is exceptionally thorough and useful for any individual who works in, researches or is passionate about plants, no matter their level of knowledge or where they are in the world” (p. I felt that same frisson of excitement when exploring Mayfield’s Illustrated plant glossary. That child-like quality also reminds me of the thrill I experienced as a youngster in picking up a dictionary or glossary and revelling in the weird and wonderful world of words within. I suspect that that apparent ‘young-reader’s picture book’ quality has been carefully chosen to underline the author’s declared goal of “ researching complex scientific topics and then writing and illustrating them so that they are accessible to a wider audience”. Both of those sayings apply to Enid Mayfield’s Illustrated plant glossary, which book is here appraised.Īt first sight the cover of the Illustrated plant glossary is almost child-like in the eye-catching simplicity of its numerous hand-drawn images of plants and plant parts. ![]() It’s also been said that looks can be decep tive. We are told that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cov er. ![]()
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