Handbook of the Rubi of Great Britain and Ireland (Paperback)

Foreword; Preface; Introduction: 1. Environmental variations; 2. Genetic intraspecific variations; 3. Chromosomes and genes; 4. Reproduction; 5. The species in Rubus; 6. Ecesis and migration; 7. Enemies, pests and diseases; 8. Classification; 9. Collection and identification; 10. Characteristics of the British-Irish bramble flora; 11. Cultivating native blackberries for fruit; 12. Note on the nomenclatural type species for the genus Rubus and subgenus Rubus; 13. Key to the vice-county numbers; 14. Signs and abbreviations; Arrangement of the genus Rubus linn. in an analytical key; Descriptions; Drawings; Glossary; Principal works consulted; Index.