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National Geographic : 1925 Jun
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The Who's Who of Water and Woods Vacation necessitiesfor country /ome, hotel, or camp-the best of introductionsto nature for young and old cThe BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS By WILLIAM JOSEPH SHOWALTER and Other Authorities 242 full-color portraits of flowers and plants by Mary E. Eaton, the world's leading painter of flowers; 8 full-page color microphotographs of grasses by E. J . Geske; many monotint engrav ings; 250 pages. PREPARE for Summer with this "Who's Who of the Wild Flowers." It enables you to identify easily and name the 242 varieties of wild plants-including the State flowers-which pique our curiosity in yard, park, or countryside. Accompanying these remarkable color plates are flower "biographies" which tell, in a simple but fascinating narrative, the things we want to know about wild plants-how they grow and what pur pose, as medicine or food, they serve. It is an unfading bouquet of the spring and summer flowers. Invaluable in the home-indispensable for schools. cThe BOOK OF FISHES Game Fishes, Food Fishes, Shellfish, and Curious Citizens of American Ocean Shores, Lakes, and Rivers By JOHN OLIVER LAGORCE and Other Authorities Illustrated with full-color portraits of 92 fishes in under-water action, painted by Hashime Mura yama; 134 other engravings; 244 pages. FISHERMEN, big or little, will find lasting delight in the remarkable color plates which should enable easy identification of their catch, however unusual. The fascinating fish biographies and chapters on fishing and fisheries are by such authorities as John Oliver LaGorce, Miami Aquarium; Charles Haskins Townsend, N. Y . Aquarium; Hugh M. Smith, former U. S. Com missioner of Fisheries; L. L. Mowbray, N. Y . Aquarium; Dr. John T. Nichols, Natural History Museum, and F. W . Wallace. The ideal gift for sportsmen. Set a New Standard for Nature Books Royal Octavo (10x7 in.); Molloy-made art binding in brown, bronze, and gold; $4 each, post paid in U. S .; foreign mailing, 25 cts. Booklet in full color on request. Obtainable only from the National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, Washington, D. C. " For enclosed $_-- -- - send--------copies of Book of Wild Flowers; --------- copies of Book of Fishes. , Name ... Address---------------------------- -- r
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