An Analytical Key to Some of the Common Flowering Plants of the Rocky Mountain Region (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Analytical Key to Some of the Common Flowering Plants of the Rocky Mountain Region There are approximately 3, 000 species of indigenous flowering plants in that portion of the United States known as the Rocky Mountain region. Many of these by reason of their abundance, attractiveness, and conspicuous characters afford material both suitable and available for use in the introductory courses in botany in high schools and colleges. In spite of the fact that botany to-day must take cognizance of several new phases of the subject, it must still be admitted that a certain amount of work in systematic botany offers a point of contact with Nature that is of inestimable value. But justice to the co-ordinate and equally important divisions of the subject requires that systematic botany should take no more than a co-ordinate place. For various reasons it has been found inexpedient in many instances to attempt the use of the standard manuals. It is hoped that this brief synoptical Key may meet the needs of such courses, and that the beginner, discovering for himself the names of a few of the common plants of his neighborhood, may develop an interest in his flora that will later make him, in some cases, a critical student of it. This booklet is not offered as a substitute for a manual of the region, but rather, as an introduction, which will prepare the student for the better use of a manual. It seems best, therefore, to include only the commoner species, and especially those that blossom during the spring and early summer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.