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                            Introduction
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'Wild Flowers Worth Knowing' is a book published in 1917 (and
republished in 1922) as a result of an adaptation by Asa Don Dickinson
of Neltje Blanchan's earlier work 'Nature's Garden' (1900).


                               Scope
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It covers mostly North American species, with a sprinkling of
cosmopolitans, and includes a preface by Blanchan (who died in 1918).
The book, along with 'Birds Worth Knowing' (also by Blanchan), and
other books such as 'Animals Worth Knowing', was part of the 'Little
Nature Library' series published by Blanchan's husband Frank Nelson
Doubleday.


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It contains over 40 color illustrations accompanying the text, which
is arranged by plant family under the classification system of Gray's
'New Manual of Botany' as revised by Robinson and Fernald. This is in
contrast to Blanchan's earlier work, where the flowers were organized
by color. The text of the newer work was also somewhat simplified, and
had fewer illustrations than the earlier one.


                             Reception
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'Wild Flowers Worth Knowing' was briefly reviewed by 'The Outlook'
along with a few other books in the 'Little Nature Library' series as,
"well printed, well illustrated, and admirably adapted for home and
school use." The 'New York Times' review of the book series concludes
that the books are "beautifully made" and that in this book the
"descriptions are chatty and entertaining." The review goes on to
comment that beginners may have difficulty in using 'Wild Flowers' as
a practical field guide because it assumes the user can identify the
specimen to a plant family.


                           Public domain
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The book was also republished by the Project Gutenberg Literary
Archive Foundation in 2005.


                              See also
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*'Bird Neighbors'


                          Further reading
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* Blanchan, Neltje (1917): 'Wild Flowers Worth Knowing.'
[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8866 HTML or TXT fulltext] at
Project Gutenberg


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