The Collecting of Wild Plants with Special Reference to Those of Medicinal or Toxicological Importance

m wild plants, especially when travelling abroad. The first step in acquiring such an interest is to procure a book describing the flowers to be found in some place where one is going for a holiday. Such a one is " Flowers of the Mediterranean " by Polunin and Huxley. I choose this because so many people make for that part of Europe and it is a wonderful area in which to start. Armed with such an aid to identification You may feel it worth while photographing your finds and so making a pictorial collection of them.