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WILD FLOWERS WORTH KNOWING
ADAPTED BY ASA DON DICKINSON From Nature's Garden BY NELTJE BLANCHAN 1917
PREFACE A still more popular edition of what has proved to the author to be asurprisingly popular book, has been prepared by the able hand of Mr.AsaDon Dickinson, and is now offered in the hope that many more peoplewillfind the wild flowers in Nature's garden all about us well worthknowing. For flowers have distinct objects in life and are everythingthey are for the most justifiable of reasons, i.e., theperpetuationand the improvement of their species. The means they employ toaccomplish these ends are so various and so consummately clever that,inlearning to understand them, we are brought to realize how similar theyare to the fundamental aims of even the human race. Indeed there arefewlife principles that plants have not worked out satisfactorily. Theproblems of adapting oneself to one's environment, of insuring healthyfamilies, of starting one's children well in life, of founding newcolonies in distant lands, of the cooperative method of conductingbusiness as opposed to the individualistic, of laying up treasure inthebank for future use, of punishing vice and rewarding virtue--these andmany other problems of mankind the flowers have worked out with thehelpof insects, through the ages. To really understand what the wildflowersare doing, what the scheme of each one is, besides looking beautiful,isto give one a broader sympathy with both man and Nature and to add areal interest and joy to life which cannot be too widely shared. Neltje Blanchan. Oyster Bay, New York, January 2, 1917. Editor's Note.--The nomenclature and classification ofGray'sNewManual of Botany, as rearranged and revised by Professors Robinson andFernald, have been followed throughout the book. This system is basedupon that of Eichler, as developed by Engler and Prantl. A variant formof name is also sometimes given to assist in identification.--A.D.D.
CONTENTS Preface, and Editor's Note Flower Forms Leaf and Root Forms List of Illustrations WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY (Alismaceae)
Broad-leaved Arrow-head ARUM FAMILY (Araceae)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit;
Skunk Cabbage ...
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