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National Geographic : 1925 Feb
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Set a JNew StandardforJature B3ooks Out-o'-doors books de luxe that bring Spring into your home in icy February and sleety March 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. This "Who's Who of the Wild Flowers" enables even a child to identify and name quickly and positively the 242 varieties of wild plants-includ ing all the State flowers-which pique our curi osity on nearly every stroll 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 purpose, as medicine or food, they serve. It is a veritable bouquet of wild flowers that never fade in beauty or interest. Invaluable in the home-indispensable for schools. cyhe BOOK OF FISHES Game Fishes, Food Fishes, Shellfish and Curi ous Citizens of American Ocean Shores, Lakes and Rivers By JOHN OLIVER LA GORCE and Other Authorities Illustrated with full-color portraits of 92 fishes in under-water action, painted by lashinme Mura yama; 134 other engravings; 244 pages. Fishermen, big or little, will find lasting delight in the remarkable color plates which should en able easy identification of their catch, however unusual. The fascinating fish biographies and chapters on fishing and fisheries are by such au thorities as John Oliver La Gorce, Miami Aqua rium; Charles Haskin, Townsend, N.Y. Aquarium; Hugh M. Smith, former U. S . Commissioner of Fisheries; L. L. Mowbray, N. Y. Aquarium; Dr. John T. Nichols, Natural History Museum, and F. W . Wallace. The ideal gift for sportsmen. Royal Octavo (zox7 in.); art binding in brown, bronze, and gold; $4 each, postpaid in U. S .; foreign mailing, 25 cts. Booklet in full color on request. Obtainable only from the National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. S-t NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SocIETY, Washington, D. C. For enclosed $ ---- .-- -. send--------copies of Book of Wild Flowers; --------- copies of Book of Fishes. Name------------------------------------------------------ Address ------------ -- ----- - ---- 2-25
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