Wildflowers: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-To-Use Guide

by Alexander C. Martin and Herbert S. Zim

Book Overview

This is a practical beginner's guide to the most common American wildflowers. Emphasis is on those with showy petals and those that the amateur is most likely to see. Special features include:

Where to look for wildflowers
Tips on how to collect and grow them
Simplified range maps

As an added aid to quick and easy identification, the flowers are grouped according to color.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582381623
• ISBN13: 9781582381626
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Classic Beginner's Guide to North American Wildflowers

After buying the "Golden Guide to Insects" in the 1950s I eagerly awaited new titles in the series. The followed in fairly rapid succession- Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Trees, Fish, Mammals, etc. All had some merit, but I was especially enamored (after the insect guide) of Zim's "Golden Guide to Wildflowers." Incomplete as it was and is, it is a solid beginning for any natural history oriented youngster. The illustrations were fascinating to me and I remember some of them to this day, especially orchids, Indian paintbrush, violets, and sunflowers. You could not give a kid interested in natural history a better book at the price. It will lead them on into the wonder of living things and make them observant in ways few people are. A person fascinated by plants, birds or insects will always find something of interest no matter where they go.