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Kirk, J. W. C. A British garden flora. A classification and description 
of the genera of plants, trees and shrubs represented in the gardens of Great 
Britain, with keys for their identification. x, 584 p. 223 fig. 24 cm. Lon- 
don, 1927. 
Briefly descriptive account of genera of spermatophytes cultivated in Great 
Britain, with mention of principal species; keys to families and genera.— 
See also Bean, above, and additional references there given. 
Linton, E. F. Hybrids among British phanerogams. Jour. Bot. 45: 268- 
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Annotated list of hybrids among vascular plants. 
McClintock, David, Fitter, R. S. R., and Rose, Francis. The pocket guide 
to wild flowers. 340 p. iilus., 112 pl. (64 ccl.) on 56, map (on lining 
papers). 20cm. London, 1956. 
Briefly descriptive, partially keyed flora of vascular plants including “all 
the commoner flowering plants likely to be found wild or looking wild in 
the British Isies, including the Channel Isles,” as well as many rarer species; 
1306 species are illustrated. Micrespecies are listed in footnotes except in 
Rosa, Rubus, and Hieracitum.—See also McClintock, D. Supplement to pocket 
guide to wild flowers. ix, 89 p. (place, date?) (Adds about 450 species. 
Not seen; cited from notice in Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 251-252. 1959.) 
Macdonald, James, and others, eds. Exotic forest trees in Great Britain. 
Bul. Forestry Comn. [Great Britain] 30. vii, 167 p. incl. 2 fig. (maps). 17 
i.e., 16 pl. (on 8). 1957. 
Includes (pt. II, p. 31-140) Exotic coniferous trees in Great Britain, an 
extensively annotated cpreerte list of species, with historical notes, 
cultivation, timber, etc.; (pt. III, p. 141-165) Exotie broadleaved trees in 
Great Britain, a similar list of dicotyledons. 
Macleod, R. D. Key to the names of British plants. vil, 94 p. 22.5 cm. 
London, 1952. 
Bibliography, general considerations on derivation and formation of scien- 
tific and vernacular names; alphabetical list of generic names with deriva- 
tion and meaning, the respective specific names listed under each generic 
name, with English equivalent and in some cases with derivation and mean- 
ing; alphabetical list of specific epithets (except those beginning with a 
capital), with derivation and meaning; alphabetical list of common names, 
with scientific equivalent, meaning, and often derivation. The work is essen- 
tially restricted to the names given in Bentham’s Handbook.—See also 
Gilbert-Carter and Harvey-Gibson, above. 
Makins, F. K. Herbaceous garden flora; a guide to the identification of 
more than 1,000 species of herbaceous perennials, biennials, and annuals cul- 
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Key to families and genera; figures of 991 herbaceous ornamentals, fol- 
lowed by very brief descriptions (covering also 60 other species.)—See also 
Chittenden and Kirk, above. 
The identification of trees and shrubs. How to name any wild or 
garden tree or shrub likely to be met with in the British Isles. 2. ed. vii, 
375 p. incl. 128 fig. 24 cm. New York, 1948. (1st ed. 1936.) 
Popular treatment of the wild and (mostly) cultivated trees and shrubs 
“growing in the open in any part of the British Isles” (1732 species in Ist 
ed.), with partial keys, very brief descriptions, and in most cases outline 
drawings of leaves, fruit, etc——See also his British trees in winter. 56 p. 
inel. 40 fig. 32 pl. (on 16). 22 em. London, 1945. (Descriptive account of 
principal trees in winter condition, alphabetically arranged by vernacular 
names, with photographs showing bark or habit, key based on twigs, and line 
drawings of twigs.)—-Also Bean, above, and additional references there given. 
Matthews, J. R. Geographical relationships of the British flora. Jour. 
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General considerations; discussion of 11 of the 15 phytogeographical 
groups recognized in the British flora, with tabular lists of species showing 
local and general distribution; bibliography. —See also his Plant life in 
Britain: its origin and distribution. (Masters Memorial Lectures, 1946.) 
Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 71: 225-239, 259-273. 1946. (Plant distribution in 
