Flora of the Prairies and Plains of Central North America, In Two Volumes: Volume 2

Rear cover notes: "Not only the first but the definitive investigation of the flora of the Central Plains and Prairies of the United States and adjacent parts of Canada, this classic of botany is the life's work of foremost America botanist, Professor Per Rydberg, who for more than thirty years was Curator of the Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden. This major contribution is an encyclopedic collection of information on nearly every species of flora, from fern upwards, that grows wild from Illinois west to Colorado and north to Montana and the southern sections of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The main body of the text is a species by species description - height, trunk diameter, leaf and blade length, stem length and thickness, coloration, flower, stamen number, pistil number, sepal and petal shape, fruit, habitat, season and popular as well as Latin name. Extraordinary in their fullness and wealth of exact, specific detail, these descriptions are supplemented by a summary of genera and species number per family, an extensive glossary of special terms, and a comprehensive index of Latin names of genera and species with synonyms, common or English names and the Latin family names. One species per genus is illustrated. An excellent manual for the student of botany, a ready means of comparison and identification for the botanist or experienced naturalist, this two-volume set is extremely helpful and often indispensable. Its thoroughness, accuracy, and in-depth detail make it an enduring reference for the botanical or nature library." Unabridged and corrected republication of the original (1932) edition, Preface by Marshall A. Howe. Table of Abbreviations. 600 line drawings. Summary, Glossary, and Index. Volume Two (of Two). 466 pages.