6 PREFACE. 
have specimens for observation. It is believed 
that the book will be available in any grade from 
the fifth upward, and that the plan followed will 
give the teacher opportunity to lay special em- 
phasis upon any phase of the study in which she 
may be especially interested. 
While this little book is primarily intended for 
the use of pupils in schools for whose benefit the 
directions in small type are given, it is hoped that 
it may be found of interest by others who desire 
to increase or review their acquaintance with the 
wild flowers. The illustrations are chiefly from 
original photographs, a few of them, however, 
having been taken by Dr. H. H. Lamson and Mr. 
A. H. Verrill, while the drawings were done by 
Miss Belle S. Cragin with the exception of the 
one on page 35 which was done by Miss Isabella 
Phelps. 
C. M. W. 
