The herb of the field / Charlotte M. Yonge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Female Authors of the 19th Century (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flowers.

Botany.

Genre:

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1887.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

x, 311 p. ; 19 cm.

Edition:

Rev. and corr.

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan and Co., 1887.

Contents:

February flowers-the snowdrop and crocus

March flowers-the daffodil and hazel

April flowers-Anemone and Ranunculus

May flowers-Primroses and violets

June flowers-the apple and the rose

August flowers-The last bells of summer

September flowers-Compund flowers

October plants-unseen blossoms

Novemeber plants-ferns

December flowers-christmas evergreens

January plants-needle trees

Rulle of five and four, and rule of three

Sub-class I- Stamens on the receptactle

The cruciform tribe

Tea and cotton

The orange tribe

The crane's-bill tribe

Balsams and nasturtiums

Trees

Sub-class II -Stamens on the Calyz-Many petals

Mountain flowers and pomegranates

Willow herb and fuchsia

The passion flower

Pricks and umbrellas

Honeysuckle and elder

Lipped flowers

Two stamened flowers

Crossworts

Olives

Pentagon stars

The spurge tribe

Everlasting flowers

Figs nad hops

The elm tree

The catkin race

Class II-Endogens-orchids

Flags

Yams

Reeds

Lilies of the field

Asparagus

Grasses

Class III.- Flowerless plain funguses

Sea-weeds.

Notes:

Reprinted from "Chapters on flowers" in the Magazine for the Young (1853)

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in light green cloth with a picture of a fern on the front cover in dark green.

OCLC:

7934112