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Born in Spring
June Carver Roberts
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Description for Born in Spring
Paperback. A must for flower and art lovers, this is a collection of line drawings and magnificent watercolors of spring wildflowers. All of the drawings and paintings were done from living plants, in minute detail, with complete botanical accuracy. It features over 90 illustrations, 46 of which are in full color. Num Pages: 159 pages, 46 colour, 45 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 345.
A must for flower and art lovers, Born in the Spring is a unique collection of line drawings and magnificent watercolors of spring wildflowers. All of the drawings and paintings were done from living plants, in minute detail, with complete botanical accuracy. There are over 90 illustrations, 46 of which are in full color. The text accompanying each plate enables the reader to easily locate the flower in its natural setting. The text also includes the origins of the common and botanical names, and bits of history and lore connected with the flowers. Some are hardy aliens that have come from all over the world, while others are fragile natives described by the earliest settlers; some are now becoming rare.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821402269
SKU
V9780821402269
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About June Carver Roberts
June Carver Roberts grew up in New England, where she spent all her spare time exploring, drawing, and painting the outdoors. She received a B.F.A. from Ohio University. She won many awards, including the John Marin Award, and some of her watercolors are in the permanent collections of the Butler Art Institute, the Akron Art Institute, and the Huntington Galleries.
Reviews for Born in Spring
Roberts combines outstanding artistic talent, a love of wildflowers, and an engaging writing style to produce a uniquely charming volume on spring wildflowers. It attracts the eye, and it provides an engrossing series of vignettes of ninety-one species, guaranteed to lift the spirits when the snow is deepest and the thermometer lowest.
Choice
June Carver Roberts’s book will instill a love for wildflowers and other natural phenomena in even the most stubborn minds. . . . Born in the Spring should be quite helpful in preventing today’s common wildflowers from being among tomorrow’s endangered species.
Northwest Ohio Quarterly
June Carver Roberts has a special talent for capturing with accuracy and beauty the salient characteristics of plants. . . . Each plate is in a full-page format, opposite of which is descriptive text with detailed, well-written identification features, notes on the plants’ natural histories and origins, and their blooming periods.
Foster's Botanical and Herb Reviews
Choice
June Carver Roberts’s book will instill a love for wildflowers and other natural phenomena in even the most stubborn minds. . . . Born in the Spring should be quite helpful in preventing today’s common wildflowers from being among tomorrow’s endangered species.
Northwest Ohio Quarterly
June Carver Roberts has a special talent for capturing with accuracy and beauty the salient characteristics of plants. . . . Each plate is in a full-page format, opposite of which is descriptive text with detailed, well-written identification features, notes on the plants’ natural histories and origins, and their blooming periods.
Foster's Botanical and Herb Reviews