How To Identify Plants

by H.D. Harrington

Book Overview

First issued in 1957 by Swallow Press, this classic guide to the art of plant identification is now familiar to an entire generation of students. Harrington who was Professor of Botany and Curator of the Herbarium at Colorado State University, gives step-by-step instructions and definitions to help readers recognize and classify plants. The new printing has been reset and reformatted, and L.W. Durrell's drawings and glossary-more than 500 images-have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804001499
• ISBN13: 9780804001496
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Did not get the edition that was pictured and described.

This is the original 1957 edition which looks like it was typed. The second edition has the cover in the photo and was reformatted into a printing typeface. THAT was the edition that I wanted.

How to Identify Plants

Very helpful for reviewing terms that are used in taxonomic literature devoted to plant identification.

a great book for amateurs and experts alike

I really liked this book and found it very reader-friendly and helpful. So it is not the newest book on the shelves, but that doesn't mean it is not a realiable and very useful resource. I had to buy this book for a class and never sold it back. Since that class I have used countless other guides on the same subject and when friends ask me what is a good starter guide book, with no hesitation I reply with How to Identify Plants by H.D. Harrington. Even today I still go back and reference it when using other field guides. This book sould be in every botanist's collection and makes a great starter for beginners.