Excerpt from Flowerless Plants: Ferns, Mushrooms, Mosses, Lichens, and Seaweeds The purpose of this book is threefold: 1. To interest children in flowerless plants and to lead them to a desire for further knowledge. 2. To present a few facts in such a way as to enable the reader to discover for hinself others equally interesting. 3. To aid many who have found it difficult to obtain information on this subject without a tedious search through volumes not easily procured. It is earnestly to be hoped that this book will in no sense displace the study of the real plants, but that it may be rather an incentive and an aid to field work. More can be learned out "under the open sky" than from any book, and there is greater pleasure in knowledge thus gained. This book is but an introduction to nature's flowerless plants, for this is all that can be presented in so small a volume. An effort has been made to secure illustrations that will be helpful, and to keep the language within the comprehension of the young readers, whom we wish to reach. For this reason few technical terms have been used, and these in such a way as to be readily understood. For several years the author has studied nature in the woods and fields, and at home with the microscope. 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.

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