





PREFACE 



Those who are so fortunate as to know even a little of 

 the wealth of Florida's flora will understand the difficulty 

 there is in selecting those species that will present some- 

 thing of the beauty and the diversity that are to be found 

 in the wild flowers of the state. 



From a great number of plants I have taken seven 

 hundred of the more common and of the more remarkable, 

 and have attempted to describe them in simple terms, so 

 that without the trouble of consulting a glossary, and with- 

 out special study of botany, those who are fond of the out- 

 door world may learn to know the Florida flowers. 



As this book is designed to be useful to those who will 

 turn from it to the more technical and more compre- 

 hensive "Flora of the Southeastern United States/' by 

 Dr. J. K. Small, the botanical names of several species di- 

 verge from the Vienna Code and follow those used by Dr. 

 Small. 



I wish to acknowledge, with sincere gratitude, my in- 

 debtedness to Dr. J. K. Small for reprints of his many 

 interesting articles on the Florida flora; to Dr. J. C. Th. 

 Uphof for reprints from European and American journals 

 of many valuable articles on his extensive work in botanical 

 research ; to Mr. W. M. Buswell for many interesting speci- 

 mens, for notes on the flora of different localities, and for 

 advice on flower-photography; and to Dr. T. E. Baker for 

 carefully reading the manuscript. 



Mary Francis Baker. 

 Winter Paek, Florida. 



