A Guide to the Wild Flowers [Wildflowers]

xvii, 347 pp. 64 color plates, 100 black-and-white plates, 54 diagrams, by Mrs. Ellis Rowan. With an Introduction by Dr. N.L. Britton. CONTENTS: Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction by Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton; A Chapter to Study; Five Conspicuous Plant Families; Plants Growing in Water; Plants Growing in Mud: Bogs, Swamps and Marshes; Plants Growing in Moist Soil: Low Meadows and by Running Streams; Plants Growing in Rich or Rocky Soil: Deep Woods and Hillsides; Plants Growing in Light Soil: Open Woods; Plants Growing in Sandy Soil; Plants Growing in Dry Soil: Upland Places, Thickets and Meadows; Plants Growing in Waste Soil: Roadside Banks and Lanes; Index to Colour; Index to English Names; Index to Latin Names; Index of Technical Terms.