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I was rather over-busy last year, I had to have some eye operations, so there wasn't much time for botany, and publishing books had to take a back seat for a while as well.

However, we're back on track now, me and my books, and I've published two more in the last couple of weeks.

Firstly, Viburnum; possibly more garden-based than field-based, but you'd be surprised how many times these pop up in hedgerows, as part of the landscape planting in industrial estates, and particularly in the communal areas of housing estates.

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Secondly, Elms: I finally got around to finishing what has to be one of the most frustrating Cribs that I have done so far.

Elms are a very difficult group, as they hybridise very freely, and even the so-called authorities of botany don't know for certain how many species there are - "between 30 and 40 species" seems to be the generally accepted number - and that means there isn't a simple list of species, nor are there good clear descriptions of each one!

So for this book, I concentrated on the ones you are most likely to find when out and about, with plenty of reminders that what you see might not necessarily match exactly with any of the descriptions you might read.

Hopefully, though, by the time you've read this book you will know what you are looking for, and the next time you chek out your local hedgerows, you will be able to spot the Elms, and understand a bit more about how they grow and why they are there.