Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in Their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects, Vol. 1
Not the least among the author's gratifications is the complimentary manner in which the work has been received by his botanical associates. It was a task rarely attempted, to bring exact botanical knowledge to a level with popular comprehension, - to give it a place among a great variety of the more cultivated branches of knowledge, - and, above all, to accommodate such a work to the popular purse. That this could be successfully accomplished the author had the courage to hope, but he was scarcely prepared for the cordiality with which eminent men of science have received this people's work as an acceptable contribution to scientific literature. Amongst these the author has especially to make his acknowledgments to Professor Asa Gray, who in Silliman's journal of the Arts and Sciences for May, 1879, compares the drawings not unfavorably with those of Mr. Sprague, who for many years has been at the head of botanical drawing in this country. Considering the very low price at which this work is supplied, the fact that Professor Gray Should have been led to compare it with the best and most expensive botanical work in our country, must be accepted as very high praise.
We may now only say that while the publication of the work has been transferred to the American Natural History Publishing Company, Lim ited, of Philadelphia, an association organized primarily for the purpose.
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