1996, English country notes
Edith holden.
Ziyun translation
Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Edith holden, an English lady who lived in 100 years ago, was a village teacher and an illustrator of children's books. 1906, wearing a long Edwardian dress, she walked or rode a bicycle through the muddy countryside and changeable weather in alton, Warwick, England, in order to find some painting materials for her students in the art school class every Friday.
With infinite enthusiasm and careful observation of nature, this notebook was born, which recorded the phenological changes and natural features of the countryside for a whole year and twelve months. The author's writing is delicate and affectionate, and he often attaches proverbs and poems related to the seasons. Although there are many kinds of flowers, birds, insects and fish in her works, they are not exotic flowers and animals, and many of them are often seen in our lives. For Edith, their beauty is not inferior to smallness and ordinary. Take this season as an example. Wild peas, buttercups, sorrel, leaf warbler and butterflies formed Edith more than 100 years ago, and we are in the colorful spring of the Millennium. The fresh and beautiful illustrations in the notes not only make readers relaxed and happy, but also can be said to be a very vivid guide to animal and plant identification.
Local chronicles of Hong Kong
Author: Ye Lingfeng
Commercial press
Some time ago, I saw on social media that the world's critically endangered bird, the little sunflower parrot, has bred a huge wild population in Hong Kong, with the number exceeding 200, accounting for 10% of the global total. They are descendants of a cage of pets released by the British army when Japan invaded China, and they have survived undisturbed in the local area to this day. From this short story, we can see the natural friendliness of Hong Kong. What most people don't know is that Hong Kong is not only a bustling metropolis, but also a paradise for waiting for birds. Every winter, more than 60,000 migratory birds from northern China and Siberia thrive here, among which the endangered black-faced spoonbill accounts for 25% of the global total.
Ye Lingfeng, who has lived in Hong Kong for most of his life, wrote down the local history of Hong Kong more than half a century ago and wrote another side of Hong Kong from a natural perspective. In his book, he said, "The position of Hong Kong butterflies in the history of world natural science may be more important than that of Hong Kong business in the history of world business."
From a new perspective of natural science and folklore, the author recorded the birds, animals, insects and fish in Hong Kong, some anecdotes, local customs, knowledge, interest and writing were freely conveyed in a small chapter, which was pleasing to the eye. He pays attention to things that are not uncommon in the city-cicadas, frogs, Shuang Yan, rhododendrons, banyan trees and kapok. Taking the whole year as the time coordinate, he talked about the New Year's Eve rice cake from the spring leeks in early spring, saying that everything is natural, that is, food, clothing, housing and transportation, four-year-old customs, and a leisurely life. The latest simplified edition adds a lot of photos, hand-drawn illustrations and notes, which makes the book more worthy of the name and more accessible.
Natural notes
Ren Zhongshu
Citic publishing house
It is hard to imagine from the title that this is a book focusing on Shanghai and its surroundings. From 20 1 1, Ren Zhong began to take notes about nature, and this book, as she said in the preface, records the community where her home is located, a small piece of wetland not far from home, the path she must pass to and from work, and a small "wasteland" where she goes to the library every month with less than 20 square meters. It is such a small corner of the city where plants, birds and insects live, which constitutes the whole content of the thick 304 pages of this book.
According to 72 phenology, this book records all kinds of creatures in nature every month of the year, and with colorful illustrations drawn by the author, shows how all kinds of creatures rise and fall according to the changes of the four seasons, even in the cracks of busy cities. The beauty of nature is changeable and endless. They are hiding in the city, really hiding in front of me. How much beauty have we never found?
Four Seasons, Walk Slowly —— Notes on Beijing Nature
Rice cake cooking
Life bookstore publishing co., ltd
After attending a "Nature Notes" group, I was busy with my work all day in Beijing, and gradually began to understand the growth cycle of every plant around me. I know the home of a kingfisher by the river in my unit, what wind blows in what season and what food will appear at what time. I know that Beijing used to be a city surrounded by mountains and a half. On the mountain, there is a golden lamp in full bloom with ice, rare big flowers and beautiful wire petals. And this book is the result of her observation and recording for more than three years.
This book can be called the first natural note about plants and phenology in North China all year round. From March to February, the author recorded more than 0/00 kinds of most representative plants in Beijing all year round, and showed the plant characteristics and wonderful natural world in North China in detail and systematically. From the words and paintings, we can see the author's deep enthusiasm and interest in the surrounding nature. In her works, from the grass and trees around the city to the unknown wild flowers and weeds in remote Shan Ye, all conform to the internal rhythm of nature, and Luo Zhi has become a rich and fine ecological network.
She not only records the moment when the yellow leaves of ash trees fall on the streets of Beijing, but also climbs over the mountains to go to the plants on the mountains when the spring is chilly: "Every year, one week after Tomb-Sweeping Day, I will visit the cliff' Three Hermits', which is my nickname for them. They are Acer clematis, Hedyotis diffusa and Corydalis Fangshan. There is reason to call them "cliff" hermits. If you see where they grow, the 90-degree vertical cliff will certainly admire these plants as much as I do. "