Collection and Conservation

It is my firm belief that increased knowledge and interest in the flora of our countryside will lead to greater personal thought about how wild plants may be best protected and encouraged. This statement might seem to be at odds with a book about the collection and consumption of wild plants, fruits and roots, but man cannot live without eating, and I have only included recipes for plants which are in no danger of extinction. It is a fact that the greatest threat to the continuing destruction of our wild flora is caused by loss of habitat, due to building, road-making, draining and spraying. Careful collection of wild plants is not of itself an ecological menace.