G W Lennox

This book is invaluable to the casual visitor or tourist to the Caribbean in helping to identify the more common and interesting trees likely to be encountered during a short stay in the islands. Each species is illustrated with at least one colour photograph and detailed information is given about leaf shape, leaf size and colour, together with descriptions of the specific flowers and fruits. Should the reader wish to study particular species in more detail, the botanical family name is supplied together with the relevant scientific name.

Anyone visiting the Caribbean for the first time cannot fail to be impressed by the richness and luxuriance of the vegetation. All the photographs included in this book have been taken of plants growing in their natural surroundings in the Caribbean and one of the most striking features which immediately impresses visitors, is the abundance of flowering trees. They appear to be especially exotic when in blossom and the second section of this book is devoted to the most common of these flowering trees.