[Gutenberg 42696] • Field and Woodland Plants

Field and Woodland Plants, by William S. Furneaux, Illustrated by Patten Wilson : (full image Illustrated)

FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS BY W. S. FURNEAUX

AUTHOR OF 'THE OUTDOOR WORLD' 'BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS',

'LIFE IN PONDS AND STREAMS' 'THE SEA SHORE', ETC.

PREFACE

This additional volume to the young naturalist's 'Outdoor World Series' is an attempt to provide a guide to the study of our wild plants, shrubs and trees—a guide which, though comparatively free from technical terms and expressions, shall yet be strictly correct and scientific.

The leading feature of the book is the arrangement of the plants and trees according to their seasons, habitats and habits; an arrangement which will undoubtedly be of the greatest assistance to the lover of wild flowers during his work in the field, and also while examining and identifying his gathered specimens at home.

A large portion of the space has necessarily been allotted to the descriptions of plants, several hundreds of which have been included, and a large proportion of these illustrated; but not a little has been devoted to an attempt to create an interest in some of those wonderful habits which lead us to look upon plants as living beings with attractions even more engrossing than their beautiful forms and colours.

It has been thought advisable to give but little attention to aquatic plants and to the flowers which are to be found only on the coast, these having been previously included in former volumes of this series dealing, respectively, with pond life and the sea shore.

The thanks of the author are due to his friend, G. Du Heaume, Esq., for his valuable assistance in collecting many of the flowers required for description and illustration.

W. S. F. (W. S. FURNEAUX)

CONTENTS

1\. Introduction--General Character of Plants and the Identification of Flowers

2\. The Pollination and Fertilisation of Flowers

3\. Climbing Plants

4\. Early Spring

5\. Woods and Thickets in Spring

6\. The Spring-Flowering Trees and Shrubs of Woods, Thickets, and Hedgerows

7\. Waysides and Wastes in Spring

8\. Meadows, Fields, and Pastures--Spring

9\. Bogs, Marshes, and Wet Places in Spring

10\. Woods and Thickets in Summer

11\. Wastes and Waysides in Summer

12\. Wastes and Waysides in Summer--Composite Flowers

13\. Wastes and Waysides in Summer--continued

14\. Meadows,Fields,and Pastures--Summer

15\. Bogs, Marshes, and Wet Places--Summer

16\. On Heath, Down, and Moor

17\. In the Corn Field

18\. On the Chalk

19\. By the River Side

20\. On Walls, Rocks,and Stony Places

21\. Field and Wayside in Autumn

22\. Autumn in the Woods

23\. Parasitic Plants

24\. Carnivorous Plants

List of Flowers Classified According to Their Habitats and Habits

List of Flowers Classified According to Their Orders and Genera

Glossarial Index

COLOURED PLATES

I. Spring Flowers of the Woods

1\. Green Hellebore

2\. Plantain-leaved Leopard's-Bane

3\. Lady's Slipper

4\. Sand Garlic

5\. Wild Hyacinth

6\. Wood Melic Grass

II. Flowers of the Woods

1\. Great Valerian

2\. Foxglove

3\. Succory-leaved Hawk's-beard

4\. Nettle-leaved Bell-flower

5\. Broad-leaved Helleborine

6\. Hairy Brome-grass

III. Flowers of the Wayside

1\. Round-leaved Crane's-bill

2\. Black Horehound

3\. Evergreen Alkanet

4\. Bristly Ox-tongue

5\. Red Bartsia

6\. Annual Meadow Grass

7\. Hemlock Stork's-bill

IV. Flowers of the Field

1\. Rough Cock's-foot Grass

2\. Lucerne

3\. Crimson Clover

4.