Manual of botany
Subtitle: a handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Contributors: Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-
Edition: 8th (centennial) ed., illustrated.  Largely rewritten and expanded by Merritt Lyndon Fernald, with assistance of specialists in some groups.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York; London, etc
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1632
Subjects: Botany -- United States.
Description: A descriptive flora of 8,340 vascular plants arranged systematcally. For each species, gives description, habitat, range, and sometimes an illustration, with further specifics on varieties and forms. Aids to locating information on a particular plant include a synopsis of orders and families, and artificial analytical key to the families, and indexes to Latin and colloquial names. Includes a glossary and a table showing the numbers of genera, species, varieties, and forms of the families of plants.
Notes: "Corrected printing, 1970.  Corrections supplied by R. C. Rollins."

First ed. published in 1848 under title: A manual of the botany of the northern United States.