Mushrooms, Ferns, and Mosses
Feb. 19th, 2025 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingThe How and Why Wonder Book of Mushrooms Ferns and Mosses
https://archive.org/details/HowAndWhySeries/How-and-Why-Wonder-Book-of-Ferns-and-Mosses/
I used to love this book as a kid. Even when I was tiny, I appreciated how retro it felt. I think we might have lost something important when we started replacing botanical illustrations with photographs. Also, I want to give a shoutout to the book about extinct animals. As you might expect of something published in the 1960s, the science is super outdated, but the illustrations are golden.
If you want to check this out, by the way, it's much easier to read on mobile than on desktop.Also maybe avoid the books about history and government.
https://archive.org/details/HowAndWhySeries/How-and-Why-Wonder-Book-of-Ferns-and-Mosses/
I used to love this book as a kid. Even when I was tiny, I appreciated how retro it felt. I think we might have lost something important when we started replacing botanical illustrations with photographs. Also, I want to give a shoutout to the book about extinct animals. As you might expect of something published in the 1960s, the science is super outdated, but the illustrations are golden.
If you want to check this out, by the way, it's much easier to read on mobile than on desktop.
