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FIELD BO 

 AMERICAN 

 FLOWERS 



BEING A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THEIR 

 CHARACTER AND HABITS, A CONCISE 

 DEFINITION OF THEIR COLORS, AND IN- 

 CIDENTAL REFERENCES TO THE INSECTS 

 WHICH ASSIST IN THEIR FERTILIZATION 



By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS 



MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 



AND AUTHOR OF 

 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN 

 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES, FAMILIAR 

 FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE, ETC. = 



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WITH NUMEROUS REPRODUCTIONS OF WATER 

 COLORS AND PEN-AND-INK STUDIES FROM NATURE 

 BY THE AUTHOR ******* 





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G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 



NEW YORK /£ LONDON 



27 & V) W. Twenty-third St. ^j£ 24 Bedford Street, Strand 



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