Excerpt from Manual of the Flora of Jackson County: Missouri Situated as it is, where the floras of several different regions blend, Jackson County, Missouri, is of especial interest to the botanist. Fortunately its flora has been studied as thoroughly probably as that of any other western area of similar size. The results of these investigations have appeared from time to time in several local floras. The first of these was entitled "Flora of Jackson County," and was published in 1882 by Mr. B. F. Bush. In 1885 Mr. Bush and Rev. Cameron Mann published a supplement to this flora, and in 1888 Mr. Bush published a second supplement. The species and varieties enumerated in these three lists are numbered consecutively and aggregate 1,004. In 1899 I published a "Spring Flora of Kansas City and Vicinity," which contained a key to the plants blooming before the first of June. This work also added a few species to those already enumerated in the previous works. In addition, a series of very instructive and ably written papers by the Rev. Cameron Mann appeared in the Kansas City Star during 1899, dealing with our local flora in a popular manner. To the best of my knowledge nothing else has been printed professing to deal with our local flora alone. A "Flora of Missouri" published in 1885 by Professor Tracy, and a "List of the Trees, Shrubs and Vines of Missouri," published in 1895 by Mr. B. F. Bush complete the list of works in which any Jackson County plants are enumerated. At the time when the earlier lists were published, there was no work which dealt with the flora of this region. Consequently there was then much difficulty in arriving at a correct understanding of the species represented here and mistakes were inevitable, but considering the difficulties above mentioned they were not numerous, and are most noticeable in genera, which even now are only beginning to be understood. This work is intended to include all species of the higher plants found growing wild within the limits of Jackson County, and embraces the results of all the botanizing done here up to the present time. All species enumerated in previous works and not included herein are omitted for some good reason, either because their occurrence could not be verified, because of erroneous determinations, or because the forms then regarded as distinct on further study have been proved not to be so. While as much care as possible has been taken to make this work accurate and complete, yet it must be recognized that no manual or flora ever published has entirely met these requirements, and further study and investigation will certainly reveal the necessity for corrections in and additions to this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.