Reprint. viii, 176pp, with over 180 drawings and a frontispiece, all by Cecile M Driffield. 12mo. In green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name neatly inked on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, a little worn, chapped at edges with minor loss at spine tips. A lovely vintage practical introduction to the study of botany and plants, with evocative illustrations. Starts of by looking at the puzzles that plants present.