The Born in the Spring: A Collection of Spring Wildflowers

by June Carver Roberts, Erik Gray, Pearl Chaozon Bauer, Edward H. Miller

Overview

A must for flower and art lovers, Born in the Spring is a unique collection of line drawings and magnificent watercolors of spring wildflowers. All of the drawings and paintings were done from living plants, in minute detail, with complete botanical accuracy. There are over 90 illustrations, 46 of which are in full color. The text accompanying each plate enables the reader to easily locate the flower in its natural setting. The text also includes the origins of the common and botanical names, and bits of history and lore connected with the flowers. Some are hardy aliens that have come from all over the world, while others are fragile natives described by the earliest settlers; some are now becoming rare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780821448021
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	03/26/2024
Series:	Series in Victorian Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	159
File size:	72 MB
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About the Author

June Carver Roberts grew up in New England, where she spent all her spare time exploring, drawing, and painting the out-of-doors. Roberts received a B.F.A. from Ohio University. She won many awards, including the John Marin Award, for some of her drawings and watercolors, exhibited her work in several states and has held a number of shows. Many of her works are in private collections, and some of her watercolors are in the permanent collections of the Butler Art Institute, the Akron Art Institute, and the Huntington Galleries.

Table of Contents

Cover Page Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Aràceae: Arum Family: Skunk Cabbage Umbellíferae: Parsley Family: Harbinger-of-spring Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Pennsylvania Bittercress Gentianàceae: Gentian Family: Pennywort Ranunculàceae: Buttercup Family: Acute-lobed Hepatica Compósitae: Composite Family: Coltsfoot Portulacàceae: Purslane Family: Virginia Spring-beauty Caryophyllàceae: Pink Family: Common Chickweed Berberidàceae: Barberry Family: Twinleaf Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Cut-leaved Toothwort Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Lavender Bittercress Limnanthàceae: False Mermaid Family: False Mermaid Papaveràceae: Poppy Family: Bloodroot Saxifragàceae: Saxifrage Family: Early Saxifrage Papaveràceae: Poppy Family: Dutchman’s-breeches Compósitae: Composite Family: Common Dandelion Ranunculàceae: Buttercup Family: Rue-Anemone Violàceae: Violet Family: Smooth Yellow Violet Equisetàceae: Horsetail Family: Field Horsetail Rosàceae: Rose Family: Indian Strawberry Rosàceae: Rose Family: Cinquefoil Crassulàceae: Orpine Family: Wild Stonecrop Compósitae: Composite Family: Plantain-leaf Pussytoes Liliàceae: Lily Family: Toad Trillium Boraginàceae: Borage Family: Virginia Bluebells Liliàceae: Lily Family: Yellow Troutlily Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Winter-cress Malvàceae: Mallow Family: Common Mallow Scrophulariàceae: Snapdragon Family: Thyme-leaved Speedwell Labiàtae: Mint Family: Ground Ivy Aristolochiàceae: Birthwort Family: Wild Ginger Liliàceae: Lily Family: White Troutlily Saxifragàceae: Saxifrage Family: Foamflower Lilàceae: Lily Family: Large-flowered Trillium Caryophyllàceae: Pink Family: Fire Pink Liliàceae: Lily Family: Bent Trillium Ericàceae: Heath Family: Trailing Arbutus Rubiàceae: Madder Family: Bluets Violàceae: Violet Family: Common Blue Violet Violàceae: Violet Family: Cream Violet Ranunculàceae: Buttercup Family: Dwarf Larkspur Iridàceae: Iris Family: Crested Dwarf Iris Compósitae: Composite Family: Daisy Fleabane Compósitae: Composite Family: Groundsel Polemoniàceae: Phlox Family: Blue Woodland Phlox Polemoniàceae: Phlox Family: Jacob’s-ladder Violàceae: Violet Family: Long-spurred Violet Violàceae: Violet Family: Sweet White Violet Violàceae: Violet Family: Three-lobed Violet Ranunculàceae: Buttercup Family: Wild Columbine Aràceae: Arum Family: Jack-in-the-Pulpit Violet Wood-sorrel Papaveràceae: Poppy Family: Gold Poppy Geraniàceae: Geranium Family: Wild Geranium Berberidàceae: Barberry Family: May-apple Violàceae: Violet Family: Canada Violet Rosàceae: Rose Family: Woodland Strawberry Orchidàceae: Orchid Family: Showy Orchis Labiàtae: Mint Family: Heal-all Liliàceae: Lily Family: Large-flowered Bellwort Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Round-leaved Watercress Scrophulariàceae: Snapdragon Family: Blue-eyed Mary Oxalidàceae: Wood-sorrel Family: Yellow Wood-sorrel Hydrophyllàceae: Waterleaf Family: Appendaged Waterleaf Commelinàceae: Spiderwort Family: Virginia Spiderwort Liliàceae: Lily Family: Two-flowered Solomon’s-seal Iridàceae: Iris Family: Slender Blue-eyed Grass Campanulàceae: Bellwort Family: Venus’s Looking-glass Caprifoliàceae: Honeysuckle Family: Japanese Honeysuckle Orobanchàceae: Broom-rape Family: One-flowered Cancer-root Leguminòsae: Legume Family: Red Clover Scrophulariàceae: Snapdragon Family: Wood-betony Liliàceae: Lily Family: Indian Cucumber-root Crucíferae: Mustard Family: Dame’s Rocket Liliàceae: Lily Family: Starry Solomon’s-plume Oxalidàceae: Wood-sorrel Family: Great Oxalis Compósitae: Composite Family: Two-flowered Cynthia Compósitae: Composite Family: Goat’s-beard Leguminòsae: Legume Family: Low Hop Clover Rubiàceae: Madder Family: Partridge-berry Leguminòsae: Legume Family: Purple Vetch Caryophyllàceae: Pink Family: Deptford Pink Ranunculàceae: Buttercup Family: Tall Buttercup Labiàtae: Mint Family: Showy Skullcap Scrophulariàceae: Snapdragon Family: Hairy Beard-tongue Compósitae: Composite Family: Ox-eye Daisy Orchidàceae: Orchis Family: Pink Lady’s-slipper Rosàceae: Rose Family: Dwarf Wild Rose Commelinàceae: Spiderwort Family: Dayflower Compósitae: Composite Family: Black-eyed Susan Compósitae: Composite Family: Common Chicory Genera by Families Glossary Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

This beautiful book offers a much-needed return to one of the most essential literary genres, showing the many, varied, and often surprising ways in which intimate relations constituted and were constituted through Victorian poetry. Offering innovative and original perspectives, it transforms our sense of a field we thought we already knew.', Marion Thain, King's College London


June Carver Roberts’s book will instill a love for wildflowers and other natural phenomena in even the most stubborn minds. . . . Born in the Spring should be quite helpful in preventing today’s common wildflowers from being among tomorrow’s endangered species.— Northwest Ohio Quarterly


June Carver Roberts has a special talent for capturing with accuracy and beauty the salient characteristics of plants. . . . Each plate is in a full-page format, opposite of which is descriptive text with detailed, well-written identification features, notes on the plants’ natural histories and origins, and their blooming periods.—Foster's Botanical and Herb Reviews

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