PREFACE 



The preparation of a Pacific Coast Wild Flower Guide oi tne present small Portions has 

 rallv involved a large exercise of elimination. The flowers herein illustrated number 2oO, and 

 S d^Icritions h? non-technical language include besides these a few more whose resem- 

 bknS to c^rtTin of those depicted makes identification relatively easy. The selection of the 

 s,St S Lrbetn based mainly upon the hold which such flowers have upon the popukr heart 

 on tCpacmc CoLraTdXo to soL extent by the part they have played in the human life of the 

 region \ few introduced plants-not uncommon in other parts of the world, and some of them 

 ev?n homely-have been included in the descriptions, because their abundance, their uses, or their 

 habits make them subjects of interest to travelers and the general student 



While the region covered in the Guide is principally the three Coast States California (^egon^ 

 ,nH Washington in many cases the plants described are also found eastward in the States from 

 Idaho^ S t AroS? andTLne cLes as far east as Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Plains 

 and valleys, seS and mountains, as well as the Southwestern desert region (a marvellously 

 rich floral field for a part of the year) are represented. 



While this book has been prepared out of a personal acquaintance of many years with th 

 field the author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness tothe fo lowing works upon which he 

 has had occasion to draw for special descriptions and points-Gray s "Synoptica Flora of North 

 America" Jeoson's "Flora of California" (in course of publication), Hall s Composite of 

 oThern CaKnia" and Yosemite Flora," Parson's "WM Flowers of Califorma ,,' Ar^trong s 

 "\Vestern Wild Flowers," Meehan's "Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States and the 

 valuabS monographs of Chestnut, Coville,Havard,and Barrows on the Indian uses of native plants. 



