Practical Botany of Coerthas Vol II

This is a particularly well loved copy of Practical Botany of Coerthas, volume two.

Inside the book are several additions, be they slips of paper that have been added onto existing pages, or notes scribbled into the margins either correcting, adding into, or omitting the information written in favor of what the writers viewed to be more accurate. There are three sets of handwriting, two that are initialed -- LG and CNG --, and one that is not. While the first two's penmanship are standard affair for nobles, the third's is rather shaky, as if the writer had trouble holding onto a quill.

The notes between the first two detail a rather charming back and forth between father and son, discussing what wild plants to crossbreed into their domesticated strains to improve crop yield or some such. Though it is worth mentioning some notes are simple observations, such as noting a favorite flower of someone else in their family, or a plant that is good for fevers.
The book itself looks like it has been read cover to cover for an eternity, pages rough and warped from water exposure. An inhale leaves the taste of age and ash on the tongue, though some effort has been made to press newer flowers into the pages to see if the scents can be pulled out from it. It is clear that the deep faded blue cover is a personalized one, emblazed with what is presumably a family crest that has long since fallen to decay. On the back cover is the crest in full, printed in stubborn ink, and a small chain of names. The crest is of a scythe being held by an arm from behind a knight's helm, a blending of agriculture and heroics.

The names are as follows:

Lonato to Christophe to Ashleigh
to long harvests and bright summers, dedicated to you.