How to Know the Wild Flowers Author:Mrs. William Starr Dana This well-known classic of nature lore has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the wonder and beauty of the wild flowers of most of the United States and Canada. Written with grace and charm, it is not only the handiest field guide to wild flowers, it is also a most pleasant and delightful book, packed full of interesting lore about p... more »lants and flowers.
To enable the reader to identify any given flower as easily as possible, Mrs. Dana has first classified plants by the color of their typical flowers: white, red, green, blue, yellow, pink, etc. She has then arranged the flowers within each color group according to their time of blossoming, As a result, if you should come upon a blue flowers in June, you can turn instantly to the blur flowers, early section, and see a clear illustration of the pant you want to find - even if you have never had any botanical training at all. This combination of color and time classification makes this the easiest wild flower guide to use.« less