For everyone who camps, hikes, drives or just meandersoutdoors, this enthusiastically acclaimed book (praised by nature editors everywhere) will be an exciting discovery. It is filled with delightful ideas for using ordinary wild plants of woodland and radside in extraordinary ways. The chapters titles tell the story; here is apartial list: Observations on food plants Something for the children Plant crafts Dyeing with roadside plants Remedies on the roadside Wild plants in and out of the house Useful trees Useful shrubs Herbaceous plants Plants of wet places Lichens and fungi Poisonous plants If you are a nature enthusiast, motorist, teacher, librarian, Scout, or camper, don't miss this book. It is a storehouse of fascinating information which will add tremendously to your pleasure outdoors. Parents will find many suggestions for amusing children with things made from natural materials which are all around us. 'This book is a must for Scouters, for motorists, for parents, teachers and librarians...We have an idea that one day this book will not only be out of print but worth some money.'-The Old Farmer's Almanac 'We recommend this book to all members as a most informative, instructive and worthwhile work. Pleasurable reading, delightfully illustrated.'-National Campers and Hikers Association 'written for the modern motorist who wants to learn to enjoy the bounties of nature centers...especially recommended for Scouters and as a source book for Librarians.'-American Forests 'so many ideas...every youth leader should have a copy. Boy or Girl Scout Councils should recommend it...Few volumes coming out today have as many illustrations and yet still sell at a reasonable price.'-The Herb Grower Magazine 'We daresay this volume may survive as one of the few great american classics of this century. Few if any writers would have the knowledge or would be equal to the occasion of writing this valuable book...Get one if you can before it goes out of print.'-Yankee Magazine 'In a word, here is a great deal of lore, including particularly the traditions, references, and characteristic touches which an adventurer out of doors will most appreciate. Anyone seeking a nature book which combines the practical, traidtional, and descriptive with a good deal of sensitiveness to nature in general is likely to be pleased with Mr. Coon's work...By intent, this is an off-beat work, strongly individual, as a nature book should be.'-Henry Beetle Hough, Vineyard Gazette Contents I Some general thoughts on the usage of wild plants II Observations on food plants III Something for the children IV Plant crafts V Dyeing with roadside plants VI Remedies on the roadside VII Wild plants in and out of the house Part 1 Plants indoors Part 2 Plants outdoors Section Two-Notes on the plants VIII Look up-Useful trees IX Look around-Useful shrubs X Look down-Herbaceous plants XI Look for water and the plants of wet places XII Look sharp-Kichens and fungi XIII Look out!-Poisonous plants XIV Wayside plants in your backyard XV The naturalistic camper Bibliography for further reading Index An important part of the book