Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 440 pages
- Published by: Houghton Mifflin
- Edition: 2nd Edition September 26, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0618394060
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0618394067
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Book Dimensions:
7.2 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Since 1956, when the late Boughton Cobb wrote his field guide to ferns, this book, unchanged in all the years since, has become the classic on the subject. Now the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS) has completely updated the text and added 100 color photographs. The incredibly gorgeous full-page line drawings by the late Laura Louise Foster have been reproduced from the original art. New subjects include a section on habitats and conservation, a glossary of botanical terms, and a chapter on gardening with ferns.
The New England Wild Flower Society is the nation's oldest organization devoted to the conservation of wild plants. It recently received a number of grants to celebrate its "Year of the Fern." NEWFS books published by Houghton Mifflin are Wildflowers and Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, both by William Cullina.
About The Author
Cheryl Lowe is the director of horticulture at NEWFS.
Elizabeth Farnsworth is the senior research ecologist at NEWFS and a Bullard Fellow at
Harvard University.
Reader ReviewsWould a field guide like this make a good holiday gift for a naturalist or gardener? Absolutely-if I didn't own it already it would be my number one choice. This is the best researched field guide I've ever seen. It is very very satisfying and is going to become a must-have for anyone who hikes the northeast or would like to garden with ferns, and for all botany students of the region. A book like this is more than just a guide-it trains the eye to open up to an entire world of subtle differences in nature. There is a kind of poetry in this guide usually not seen in this type of writing-BRILLIANT! Get one soon to catch the ferns in fall color-or do a little armchair gardening over the winter.
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