Riviera Nature NotesSignal Books, 2004 - 338 sider The spread of the towns, the disforesting of the hills, and other causes are conspiring to destroy many of the conditions which made the Riviera of former days so happy a resort for the lovers of Nature. But there will always be much to observe and much to study in so favoured a region. Quirky, erudite and eminently readable, the fifty-four essays comprising Riviera Nature Notes give an astonishingly clear picture of plant and animal life in the South of France at the turn of the twentieth century--not to mention a fascinating insight into the social mores of the time. A hundred years later the book is as fresh, topical and inviting as when it was first published. Preferring to remain anonymous as a naturalist, not only out of modesty but to guard the integrity of his liturgical writings, its clergyman author speaks of olives and pines, myrtles and figs, mosquitoes and rare butterflies--to name but a few of his subjects--with such passion and verve as to bring the land from the Ligurian coastline to the Maritime Alps vividly alive. gardens at La Mortola, Italy and benefactor of the Royal Horticultural Society's sixty-acre estate at Wisley, a second edition incorporated photographs taken by the temperamental and extravagant heiress Ellen Wilmot, in many ways a greater figure in the plant world than her close contemporary Gertrude Jekyll. Our anonymous author moved in the best horticultural and botanical circles, wore his learning lightly, and unusually for the time, spoke to the common man and the general reader on equal terms. With an engaging, sometimes acerbic, always entertaining and informative voice speaking effortlessly across the years, he will once again garner admirers among nature lovers, gardeners and travellers alike. |
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The Date Palm and Chamærops | 3 |
Oranges and Lemons | 9 |
The Olive | 17 |
The Carob | 25 |
The Pistacias | 30 |
Celtis Fig | 37 |
Chestnut Ostrya | 46 |
Pine Trees | 54 |
Rare And Local Plants | 192 |
Dry FruitsI | 200 |
Dry FruitsII | 205 |
Perfumed Plants | 210 |
Springtide | 217 |
Early Summer | 223 |
Sunshine and Shade | 228 |
Gardens and Gardeners | 234 |
Arbutus and Erica | 61 |
Myrtle and Eucalyptus | 66 |
Trees Indigenous and Exotic | 73 |
Euphorbias | 80 |
The Great Reed | 85 |
Indian Corn | 92 |
Giant Grasses | 98 |
Gourds and Pumpkins | 104 |
Plants Of PalestineI | 110 |
Plants Of PalestineII | 117 |
Poisonous Plants | 123 |
Parasites and WallPlants | 129 |
Climbers | 134 |
The Vallon Des Fleurs | 142 |
The Summer Drought | 149 |
Armed Plants | 155 |
Succulent Plants | 163 |
Peculiar Plants | 169 |
Wayside Weeds | 174 |
Judgment of ParisI | 180 |
Judgment of ParisII | 185 |
Grassy Places | 238 |
Flocks and Herds | 244 |
Wild Animals | 250 |
Myoxus | 254 |
Small Quadrupeds | 258 |
Birds | 263 |
Lizards | 269 |
Tree Frogs | 276 |
Shells | 280 |
Butterflies and Moths | 285 |
Wings and Stings | 293 |
Insect Minstrels | 298 |
Mosquitos | 305 |
The Tarantula | 312 |
Ligurians | 317 |
The Sunny South | 322 |
Problems to Solve | 329 |
List of Butterflies | 332 |
Opinions of Distinguished Botanists | 335 |
Further Reading and References | 336 |
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