Description: After an introduction to plant study, section nine of Handbook of Nature Study profiles the woodland wildflowers that bloom in early spring, including hepatica, trillium, bloodroot, jack-in-the-pulpit, and violets. Next the summer flowers of open fields are presented, with special lessons for study of a composite flower and the study of a weed. The close examination of familiar flowers, such as goldenrod, milkweed, daisies, asters, and dandelions, deepens the reader's understanding of his local flora.

Additional information:

1. How To Begin the Study of Plants and Flowers
2. How To Make Plants Comfortable 
3. How To Teach the Names of the Parts of a Flower 
4. Teach the Use of a Flower 
5. Flowers and Insect Partners 
6. The Relation of Plants to Geography 
7. Seed Germination 
8. The Hepatica 
9. The Yellow Adder's Tongue 
10. Bloodroot 
11. The Trillium 
12. Dutchman's Breeches and Squirrel Corn 
13. Jack-in-the-Pulpit 
14. The Violet 
15. The May Apple or Mandrake 
16. The Bluets 
17. The Yellow Lady's Slipper, or Moccasin Flower 
18. The Common Buttercup 
19. The Evening Primrose 
20. The Hedge Bindweed 
21. The Dodder 

22. The Milkweed
23. The White Water Lily 
24. Pondweed 
25. The Cat-tail 
26. A Type Lesson for a Composite Flower 
27. The Goldenrod 
28. The Asters 
29. The White Daisy 
30. The Yellow Daisy or Black-eyed Susan 
31. The Thistle 
32. The Burdock 
33. Prickly Lettuce, A Compass Plant 
34. The Dandelion 
35. The Pearly Everlasting 
36. The Jewelweed, or Touch-me-not 
37. Mullein 
38. The Teasel 
39. Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot 
40. Weeds 
41. Outline for the Study of a Weed