This book (privately published in an edition of 1000) is the result of 15 years' dedicated work by botanical artist Beryl M Walden and research botanist Hu Shiu-ying. 150 plates contain full colour illustrations of 516 wild flowers. All are water-colour paintings of living plants. The text of the book names each plant, gives a full botanical description, explains the plant's distribution and where appropriate its economic or medicinal uses.