Two botanical lives . Botanist and nature writer William Condry died in May 1998. John Akeroyd looks at the interlinked lives of two great Welsh naturalists and celebrates the extraordinary live and career of Mary Richards. New Red Data Books . A Polish plant atlas and the Red Book of Swedish bryophytes are covered in this issue.
Book reviews .
In a different vein, he praises Heather Angel's book, How to Photograph Flowers . THE LAST WORD . Our regular column of fine writing about plants, nature and conservation. French naturalist and writer Jean-Henri Fabre was steeped in the sights, sounds and smells of Provence. Never again shall I sit at an intellectual feast like that.