The Seven-Level Forest Garden:

1)  Canopy (large fruit & nut trees)

2)  Low Tree Layer (dwarf fruit trees)

3)  Shrub Layer (berries & currants)

4)  Herbaceous (herbs)

5)  Rhizosphere (root vegetables)

6)  Soil Surface (ground covers, strawberries, etc.)

7)  Vertical Layer (climbers & vines, beans, etc.)

Botanical illustrations (reproductions from the 1700’s) on the wallpaper at the Carolus Linnaeus Swedish estate. Photo by Ingalill Snitt.

The Concise British Flora in Colour by Rev. W. Keble Martin, first published in 1965, with 1486 botanical species - illustrated.

I love the British…they are so concise. (And I just ordered my own antiquarian copy!)

The Poppy from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, the world’s most beautiful botanical book, first published in 1613. Over a thousand images were represented, most in true-life size.