220 MISC. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Annotated list of spermatophytes, systematically arranged, with explana- 
tion of scientific and vernacular names and account of uses.—See also Barton, 
Britten and Holland, Cameron, and Edlin, above, and additional references 
there given. 
Hill, Jason (pseudonym). Wild foods of Britain. 3. ed. 93 p. illus. 18 
em. London, 1944. (1st ed. 1939.) 
Popular classified account of edible wild animals and plants (including sea- 
weeds and fungi), with directions for cooking; special recipes, calendar of 
wild foods, brief bibliography. Refers almost entirely to plants——See also 
Cameron, above, and for general works on useful plants see Edlin, above, and 
additional references there given. 
Hogg, Robert, and Johnson, G. W. The wild flowers of Great Britain. 
Botanically and popularly described, with copious notices of their history and 
uses. ll v. 924 col. pl. 23 cm. London, 1863-1880. (New York Botanical 
Garden library.)—Index. 42 p. 8vo. London, 1874-80. (Not seen.) 
Good hand-colored plates, without details, with text including account of 
vernacular names and uses. Plates in v. 1 and in part of v. 2 by Charlotte 
Gower, the rest by W. G. Smith.—See also Boulger, above, and additional 
references there given. 
Holden, William. Floras of Great Britain. Bibl. Contr. Lloyd Libr. 1 (2): 
14-70. 1911. 
List of books and some separates from journals, alphabetically arranged 
by authors, with call numbers of those that are in the Lloyd Library.—See 
also Druce (Local floras) above and additional references there given. 
Hooker, J. D. The student’s flora of the British Islands. 3. ed. xxiii, 
563 p. 17.5 em. London, 1884. (Reissued 1897 and 1980. 1st ed. 1870.) 
Synopsis of families; briefly descriptive, annotated flora of vascular plants 
[1413 species], with partial keys, habitat, local and general range; list of 
excluded species. 
Horwood, A. R. A new British flora. British wild flowers in their natural 
haunts ...6v. illus., pls. (64 col.), 3 maps. 27 cm. London, [1921]. 
Semipopular treatment of angiosperms, grouped according to habitat, with 
brief descriptions, habitat, local range, insect and fungous enemies, insect 
visitors, uses, vernacular names, etc. The sixth volume includes descriptive 
account of the species not dealt with in detail in v. 1-5. The bibliography (5: 
223-228) consists mostly of general or topical works, including only a few 
floras. Some copies are dated 1919, but apparently none were issued 
until 1921. 
Johnson, Charles, and Johnson, C. P. British poisonous plants .. . iv, 
76 p. 32 col. pl. 19.5 em. London, 1861. (Gray Herbarium library.) (1st 
ed. by Charles Johnson, 1856.) 
Account of native vascular and cellular plants possessing poisonous proper- 
ties, systematically arranged.—See also Forsyth, above, and additional refer- 
ences there given. 
Johnson, C. P. The useful plants of Great Britain: a treatise upon the 
principal native vegetables capable of application as food, medicine, or in 
the arts and manufactures. vi, 324 p. 300 col. fig. on 25 pl. 26 cm. Lon- 
don, 1862 [1861-62]. 
Local distribution and uses of 300 wild and cultivated vascular and cellular 
plants, each represented by a colored figure; numerous related useful species 
mentioned more briefly. The work is sometimes referred to as Sowerby’s 
Useful plants, and one copy examined bore this title on the spine. John HE. 
Sowerby made the illustrations.—See also Barton, Edlin, and Forsyth, above, 
and additional references there given. 
Kent, D. H., Bangerter, E. B., and Lousley, J. E. British herbaria. An 
index to the location of herbaria of British vascular plants with biographical 
references to their collectors. 101 p. 22 ecm. London, 1957 [1958]. 
Abbreviations of names of institutions, list of herbaria, list of collectors 
with dates and references to location of their herbaria or exsiccatae, index 
to herbaria dealing with local floras, list of collections relating to critical 
genera, bibliography. 
