PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
BUTTERCUP FAMILY Monkshood, Aconite Aconitum columbianum
WATER LILY FAMILY Yellow Water Lily Nymphaea polysepala
VIOLET FAMILY Yellow Violet Viola biflora
CAPER FAMILY Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Cleome serrulata
MUSTARD FAMILY Wall Flower Erysimum asperum
BLEEDING HEART FAMILY Golden Smoke Capnoides aureum
FLAX FAMILY Blue Flax Linum perenne
OXALIS FAMILY Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta
MALLOW FAMILY Rose Mallow Sidalcea neo-mexicana
SPURGE FAMILY Snow-on-the-Mountain Euphorbia marginata
GERANIUM FAMILY Storksbill, Alfilaria Erodium cicutarium
FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY Fringe Cup Allionia linearis
GOOSEFOOT FAMILY Strawberry Blite Chenopodium capitatum
BUCKWHEAT FAMILY Lady's Thumb, Heart's Ease Polygonum pennsilvanicum
PINK FAMILY Alpine Pink, Moss Campion Silene acaulis
PRIMROSE FAMILY Bird's-eye Primrose Primula farinosa
WINTERGREEN FAMILY Wintergreen Pirola uliginosa
HEATH FAMILY Bearberry, Kinnikinnic Arctostaphylus uva-ursi
GENTIAN FAMILY Rose Gentian Gentiana amarella
POTATO FAMILY Purple Ground Cherry Quincula lobata
MORNING GLORY FAMILY Bush Morning Glory Ipomoea leptophylla
PHLOX FAMILY Trumpet Phlox Gilia aggregata
BORAGE FAMILY Chiming Bells Mertensia sibirica
WATERLEAF FAMILY Purple Fringe Phacelia sericea
SNAPDRAGON FAMILY Speedwell Veronica americana
BLADDERWORT FAMILY Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris
BROOM-RAPE FAMILY Broom-rape Thalesia uniflora
SNAPDRAGON FAMILY Pink Beard-tongue Pentstemon secundiflorus
MINT FAMILY Skull Cap Scutellaria resinosa
VERBENA FAMILY Verbena, Vervain Verbena bracteosa
ROSE FAMILY Wild Rose Rosa acicularis
PEA FAMILY Golden Banner Thermopsis montana
STONECROP FAMILY Rose Crown Clementsia rhodantha
SAXIFRAGE FAMILY Fairy Saxifrage Saxifraga chrysantha
EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY Fireweed Chamaenerium angustifolium
MENTZELIA FAMILY Evening Star Mentzelia multiflora
CACTUS FAMILY Prickly Pear Opuntia humifusa
PARSLEY FAMILY Mountain Parsley Pseudocymopterus montanus
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY Twin Flower Linnaea borealis
BLUEBELL FAMILY Purple Bellflower Campanula Parryi
VALERIAN FAMILY Valerian Valeriana silvatica
ASTER FAMILY Blazing Star Laciniaria punctata
LILY FAMILY Wild Onion Allium cernuum
SPIDERWORT FAMILY Spider Lily Tradescantia virginiana
IRIS FAMILY Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
ORCHID FAMILY Coral Root Corallorhiza multiflora
Transcriber's Notes
Plate 1
BUTTERCUP FAMILY
1 Monkshood, Aconite: Aconitum columbianum 2 Blue Columbine: Aquilegia coerulea 3 Red Columbine: Aquilegia canadensis 4 Blue Larkspur: Delphinium scopulorum
Edith S. Clements, Ph. D.
THIRD EDITION
The H. W. Wilson Company New York 1926
Copyright 1926 by Edith S. Clements Reprinted June 1945 Reprinted November 1949 Reprinted March 1955
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