10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILITARY ORCHID»
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military orchid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
military orchid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The story of Jocelyn Brooke's search for the most elusive and beloved orchid, the military orchid, Orchis militaris.
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The
Military Orchid and Other Novels
From the mellow Kentish villages of his boyhood, to the brusque masculinity of the army, by way of painful years at prep school and Oxford, Jocelyn Brooke beautifully captures the torment and the delight of being a constant outsider.Witty, ...
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Orchids of Britain and Ireland: A Field and Site Guide Ebook
The Military Orchid combines two of the qualities which make orchids so alluring;
great rarity and great beauty. It is one of Britain's most attractive species and is
found regularly at just three sites (two of which are, happily, open to the public).
Anne Harrap, Simon Harrap, 2009
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To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell
Jocelyn Brooke really belongs to the period after our move from London, but I first
heard of him about the time of which I have been speaking as author of The
Military Orchid ( 1 948), a book which received very approving notices. I did not
read ...
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Modern Methods in
Orchid Conservation
... orchid Liparis loeselii Fen orchid Ophrys holoserica Late spider orchid Ophrys
sphegodes Early spider orchid Orchis militaris Military orchid Orchis simia
Monkey orchid discovering, orchid germination and propagation is a complex
process.
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Shakespeare's Individualism
(21) Notwithstanding Brooke's conscious wish to 'be like other people', the pursuit
of the Military Orchid, and his receptivity generally to intense aesthetic
experiences (the flowers, the fireworks and, later in life, an idyllic stay during
army years ...
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Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland
Figure 35.9 A wild Military Orchid in a numbered cage, Buckinghamshire. Such
intensive conservation measures may have saved some of our rarest plants.
number of places on the limestones of northern England. Over-collecting in the ...
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The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment
An example of such rarity resulting in orchid ecotourism involves the Military
Orchid (Orchis militaris), Monkey Orchid (Orchis simia) and Lady's-slipper Orchid
(Cypripedium calceolus) in the UK (Kull and Hutchings 2005). These species are
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Andrew Holden, David A. Fennell, 2012
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John Ray, Naturalist: His Life and Works
Or Parkinson's 'Red military Orchid'? Or Clusius' ' Orchid with very elegant red
flower'? In these four species it is interesting to note that. 1 Cf. in addition to the
examples cited his careful notes on Chamaecistus (Heli- anthemum vulgare), p.
Charles Earle Raven, 1986
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
English: Jersey orchid O. mascula (L.) L. English: early purple orchid, dead man's
finger O. militaris L. English: military orchid, soldier orchid O. morio L. English:
green-winged orchid O. papilionacea L. English: butterfly orchid O. provincialis ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILITARY ORCHID»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
military orchid is used in the context of the following news items.
Breaking New Ground to promote The Brecks' unsung landscape …
... The Brecks that are rare or absent from other parts of Britain include tower mustard, fingered speedwell, Breckland thyme and military orchid. «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Mar 15»
The Alphabet Library: I is for The Image of a Drawn Sword by …
... or remembered only for three witty and rambling autobiographies-in-disguise (The Military Orchid, A Mine of Serpents, The Goose Cathedral) ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
