FOREWORD 



John Voss died in his native city of Peoria at the age of 53, leaving 

 these photographs of native wild flowers of Illinois as a legacy to the 

 lovers of the out-of-doors throughout the state. He was a thoroughly 

 trained plant ecologist and he carried his scientific knowledge into the 

 woodlands and prairies where the wild flowers grew, liy his skill as a 

 photographer he brought back from the forest and the lields the beauties 

 of nature. His collection of floral portraits was inconiplcte when illness 

 and death came to close his activities. 



(.Ikouue D. Fuller 



