THE 



lyyiLD JL0I4^ERS 



OF AMERICA. 



illustrations b) I.wac Sfkague. 'lext by Prof. George L. Goodale. 



J UK undersigned lakes pleasure in announcing, under the above title, an important and in 

 tric>tjng work, in which it is designed to present illii-.trati()n> and descriptions of the more at 

 tractive flowering plants of America. 



llie plates, colored bv hand, will be faithful and artistic copies of studies from nature bv Mr. 

 I-aac bprague. the eminent botanical artist. .Mr. .Sprague has brought to his work the expe- 

 rience and skill acquired bv his association with Audubon, and during hi- extended investiga- 

 tions conducted under the direction of h'rofessor Grav. of Harvard Univcrsitv. The drawings 

 i.oni his pencil have long been faihiliar to natu.-alists. and highly valued bV them on account 

 ..I their recognized accuracy and remarkable beauty. The plates of flowers and foliage, ilhi- 

 irating the recent edition of Emersons Trees and tjhrubs of Massachusetts - have maiie .Mr. 

 .•5pragues abilities known to iriany lovers of nature who are not professional naturalists. 



The Publisher has been induced to undertake tue present work by the hearty welcome which 

 .Mr. .Spragues water-color sketches have received from discriminating critics'and from people 

 of culture. The growing love for the beautiful in nature and art will find here a posili\e 

 encouragement, and attention will be drawn to forms in nature which are tamiliar and incident 

 to our .Vmerican life. The drawing- beiny made directly from nature, and scientifirall\ cor- 

 rect will be of great service as modeU to those practising water-color work. The range of 

 plants- from which the artist makes his selections is suflSciently broad t<i include not only the 

 most beautiful wild flowers of the Vorth and East, but also those of the prairies of the West. 

 <>l the larger mountains of the continent, and the fields of the Pacific slope. While the flower- 

 ot our woods and fields, interesting for their beauty or their as.sociations will naturally receive 

 l>articuln> ntr.Mition. many of the plants fiirured will be rare and novel even to well-intormod 

 person^. 



-Vcconipanying the figures will be giveii popular accounts of the structure and habits of the 

 plants, by Professor Goodale. of Harva-.d University, who. besides his reputation as an able 

 teacher of Botany, has won great praise as a lecturer, for the skill and enthusiasm which he 

 brings to his subject, and the success with which he awakens a lively interest in botanical 

 studies. The artist and author will endeavor to present the subject faithfully and accuraieh 

 by means of the figures and text, and in so clear a manner that persons having but little 

 knowledge of botany may be enabled to identify and become familiar with our many beautiful 

 plants. 



The plates of this sumptuous work will surpass, in beauty and excellence of workmanship, 

 any drawings of flowers ever published in any country. They are made by Chromo- 

 lithography. and afterwards finished in water colors by experienced artists. Each plate, if 

 bought at an art store, would cost many times the price of a part. 



The text will be printed in the best manner, from new type on extra, super-calendered 

 tinted paper, made for the work. Each number will contain two plates, and from twelve l.. 

 sixteen pages of text. The plates and .lext will he so arranged and indexed that, when tl.r 

 series is complete, the volume can be bound according to the wish of the subscriber. 



The work will consist of twenty-five partb. :ind will be issued at intervals of from one t.. 

 three months. The price per part, originally placed at $5.00. has been reduced to $1.50 each, 

 thus placing it within the re.ich of all. Any lady or ircntleman. securing four subscriher- 

 lor the work. Mill receive a copy of the work free. A sample plate ('which must be returntd > 

 and subscription hloiks will be sent to any who may wish to i -mu-c! the work. 



S. E. CASSINO, Publisher, 



SALKM. MA.SS. 



