This lavish book highlights a selection of the wonderful illustrations held in the archive of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Each illustration included in the book is accompanied by a plant profile stating where the plant was found in the wild and explaining something of its history uses and botany. The book also gives an introduction to florilegia dating from the early herbals and a history of the Societys Herbarium and the Gardens themselves. Featuring over 100 colour