PREFACE 



IN this little book I have attempted to bring 

 into easily available form a discussion of a large 

 proportion of the more widely distributed her- 

 baceous wild flowers, which should so combine 

 suggestions for observations in the schoolroom 

 and out of doors that it would make the study of 

 the wild flowers of real interest both to teacher 

 and pupils. It is assumed throughout that the 

 pupils shall have an opportunity for a constructive 

 reproduction of their images of the flowers 

 through drawings, written exercises and pressed 

 specimens or photographic prints, which are to be 

 bound into booklets that shall become the personal 

 property of the pupils. 



While the arrangement of the various species 

 is that of a grouping into families these families 

 are placed in the sequence of the blossoming of 

 the more important members, so that the season 

 of flowering may be followed in a general way. 

 It has not been deemed advisable to work up the 

 specific questions and directions for study in the 

 case of every species treated, but rather to do so 

 for the more abundant ones which are likely to be 

 available in sufficient quantity for each pupil to 



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