The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States

2 Vols. 8vo, morocco spine & corners, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated with 96 color plates.. Bindings are worn and scuffed, at the spine and extremities, some aging, but plates are generally bright and clean. Meehan (1826-1901) was a noted botanist of his day. While he wrote a number of serious scholarly works on the subject, this book was an attempt to reach a wider more popular audience. Meehan goal for this work was to improve popular comprehension of the subject, without sacrificing good science, and by the way at a price people could afford. The concept of bringing more sophisticated botanical knowledge to a wider audience was rare. However, Meehan received a lot of critical success for this effort at that time (Nissen, Botany 1331). The work contains 96 high quality chromolithographs by L. Prang & Co.