Florida Wild Flowers: an Introduction to the Florida Flora
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First Edition, First Printing.
Dark blue-green boards, gilt spine titles and blind stamped front titles. The bindings are tight and square; light even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear Text clean, with occasional margin notes noting when and where a species was seen. 8vo, 7.75 inches tall; 356 pages with an index; illustrated with b/w photo plates.
Students of Florida flora find it increasingly fascinating due to its unique blend of northern, southern, and subtropical species, alongside epiphytic air plants, orchids, insectivorous varieties, and endemic species. The flora's diverse habitats, such as prairies, sandhills, fern grottoes, pinelands, marshes, shell-mounds, and hammocks, host a rich variety of plant associations.
This edition presents 800 common and intriguing herbs, shrubs, and trees, described in straightforward terms to highlight their distinctive features, following the International Code for nomenclature.
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Price: $29.95
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