Here is a simple story of desert plants of the Southwest, written and sketched in the field. The convenient arrangement of text and illustration will enable you readily to identify your specimen, to place its correct position in the cactus world.
Laura Adams Armer (January 12, 1874–March 16, 1963) was an American artist and writer. In 1932, her novel Waterless Mountain won the Newbery Medal. She was also an early photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area.