Look at a Flower.

Everyone is interested to some extent in the flowers that grow around him; and, though many people are probably satisfied when they have learned to tell a rose from a buttercup, those who really love plants soon see more than the pretty posy and become aware of beautiful and significant structures within it. Though this volume can be used as a foundation for serious botanical study, its purpose is achieved if it stimulates the reader into his own investigations and directs him to friendships with living plants in their everyday surroundings. It is intended as a guide to plant watching and an introduction to the tiny floral arenas where things are always happening. And it should lead both student and dabbler beyond the larger shapes of a flower into the wonder of form and the beauty of design in its small and often hidden parts.