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Introduction
"Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields…
Introductory Chapter
UNTIL a comparatively recent period the interest in plants centred largely in the medicinal properties, and sometimes in the supernatural…
Explanation of Terms
THE comprehension of the flower descriptions and of the opening chapters will be facilitated by the reading of the following explanation of…
Notable Plant Families
4 pages
I White
[White or occasionally White Flowers not described in White Section. Liverwort. Hepatica triloba. April and May.
Blood-Root
Sanguinaria Canadensis. Poppy Family.
Shad-Bush. June-Berry. Service-Berry
Amelanchier oblongifolia. Rose Family.
Wood Anemone. Wind-Flower
Anemone nemorosa. Crowfoot Family.
Rue Anemone
Anemonella thalictroides. Crowfoot Family.
Star-Flower
Trientalis Americana. Primrose Family.
Gold Thread
Coptis trifolia. Crowfoot Family.
Early Everlasting. Plantain-Leaved Ever-Lasting
Antennaria plantaginifolia. Composite Family.
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Highlights
Button-Bush
Cephalanthus occidentalis. Madder Family.
Lizard's Tail
Saururus cernuus. Pepper Family Stem.--Jointed; often tall. Leaves.--Alternate; heart-shaped. Flowers.--White; without calyx or…
White Baneberry
Actaea alba. Crowfoot Family.
Wild Radish
Raphanus Raphanistrum. Mustard Family.
Common Dodder. Love Vine
Cuscuta Gronovii. Convolvulus Family.
Thorn-Apple. Jamestown-Weed
Datura Stramonium. Nightshade Family.