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com --Apple-Mail-D0D01F07-CAEC-47D1-BF8E-209F7826CED4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree with Jim W that Newcomb's is a wonderful, easy to use wildflower gui= de. It went through several editions. I purchased mine new around 1992. Anyo= ne interested in flowers should try tracking down a used copy. Online source= s such as Amazon or Abebooks may have some available.=20 Nancy E Dalhousie, Kings Co.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: >=20 > Everyone here knows my vote, which goes to Newcombe=E2=80=99s Wildflower G= uide, which when it came out in 1977 was already field-tested =E2=80=94 it h= as a quite simple key system, which is easily learned (with the proviso that= every choice you make requires flexibility and repeated visits to the key, u= ntil you find a good match for your specimen =E2=80=94 it=E2=80=99s line dra= wings are superb, usually, and far superior to photos =E2=80=94 drawbacks ar= e that you need to have a flower for the key to work, and this guide=E2=80=99= s coverage in eastern North America, not just Nova Scotia. Any provisional i= dentification needs to be checked with the Flora of N.S., which can be found= in any public library or university library. That Flora is already dated, o= f course, as is anything that is ever published. >=20 > I was very fortunate back in 1977 to discover this then-new guide in a boo= kstore in my home town of Park Ridge in the Chicago suburbs. And I have bee= n faithfully using it and promoting it every since. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] NS Wildflower Book >> Date: August 28, 2014 at 3:25:52 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> I haven=E2=80=99t seen this book, but I love my Petersen Field Guide. It= =E2=80=99s portable and very easy to identify flowers in bloom. I=E2=80=99v= e had it about 40 years, and it=E2=80=99s still in one piece. >> Jane >> =20 >> From: Ian Manning >> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:00 PM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: [NatureNS] NS Wildflower Book >> =20 >> Has anyone tested/purchased Todd Boland's Wildflowers of Nova Scotia? I'm= looking for a smaller guide to throw in the pack to compliment the less-tha= n-portable NS Flora. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.=20 >> =20 >> Thank you, >> Ian >=20 --Apple-Mail-D0D01F07-CAEC-47D1-BF8E-209F7826CED4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>I agree with Jim W that Newcomb's is a= wonderful, easy to use wildflower guide. It went through several editions. I= purchased mine new around 1992. Anyone interested in flowers should try tra= cking down a used copy. Online sources such as Amazon or Abebooks may have s= ome available. </div><div><br></div><div>Nancy</div><div>E Dalhousie, K= ings Co. </div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 28, 20= 14, at 4:17 PM, Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">ji= mwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><= div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows= -1252">Everyone here knows my vote, which goes to Newcombe=E2=80=99s Wildflo= wer Guide, which when it came out in 1977 was already field-tested =E2=80=94= it has a quite simple key system, which is easily learned (with the proviso= that every choice you make requires flexibility and repeated visits to the k= ey, until you find a good match for your specimen =E2=80=94 it=E2=80=99s lin= e drawings are superb, usually, and far superior to photos =E2=80=94 drawbac= ks are that you need to have a flower for the key to work, and this guide=E2= =80=99s coverage in eastern North America, not just Nova Scotia. Any p= rovisional identification needs to be checked with the Flora of N.S., which c= an be found in any public library or university library. That Flora is= already dated, of course, as is anything that is ever published.<div><br></= div><div>I was very fortunate back in 1977 to discover this then-new guide i= n a bookstore in my home town of Park Ridge in the Chicago suburbs. An= d I have been faithfully using it and promoting it every since.<br><div><br>= </div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded me= ssage:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite= "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; marg= in-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1= .0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Dave&= Jane Schlosberg <<a href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-g= @ns.sympatico.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; marg= in-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span st= yle=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] NS Wildflower Book</b><br= ></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-botto= m: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgb= a(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'= ;">August 28, 2014 at 3:25:52 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-to= p: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span styl= e=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><= span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.= ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D= "font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span= ><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuct= o.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <div>I haven=E2=80=99t seen this book, but I love my Petersen Field Guide.&n= bsp; It=E2=80=99s=20 portable and very easy to identify flowers in bloom. I=E2=80=99ve had i= t about 40=20 years, and it=E2=80=99s still in one piece.</div> <div>Jane</div> <div style=3D"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri;= font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;"> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <div> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style=3D"font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"ianmanning4@gmail.= com" href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com">Ian Manning</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:00 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens= @chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] NS Wildflower Book</div></div></div> <div> </div></div> <div style=3D"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri;= font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Has anyone tested/purchased Todd Boland's Wildflowers of No= va=20 Scotia? I'm looking for a smaller guide to throw in the pack to compliment t= he=20 less-than-portable NS Flora. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. = ;=20 <div> </div> <div>Thank you,</div> <div>Ian</div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-D0D01F07-CAEC-47D1-BF8E-209F7826CED4--
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