Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
Encyclopedia
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing is a book published in 1917 and 1922 by Neltje Blanchan
and covers mostly North American
species with a sprinkling of cosmopolitans
. The book was also published by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation
in 2005.
Neltje Blanchan
Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who wrote books on gardening and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan...
and covers mostly North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
species with a sprinkling of cosmopolitans
Cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a taxon is said to have a cosmopolitan distribution if its range extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. For instance, the killer whale has a cosmopolitan distribution, extending over most of the world's oceans. Other examples include humans, the lichen...
. The book was also published by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...
in 2005.