Neltje Blanchan

Neltje Blanchan (pseud of Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday) (October 23, 1865 - 1918) was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who wrote books on gardening and birds. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest with poetic phrasing.

Published works

• Bird Neighbors (1897)
• Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted
• Nature's Garden (1900)
• "What the Basket Means to the Indian," a chapter in Mary White's How To Make Baskets (1901)
• Birds Every Child Should Know (1907)
• The American Flower Garden (1909)
• Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors (1916)
• Wild Flowers Worth Knowing (posthumously, 1923)
• Birds: Selected from the Writings of Neltje Blanchan (posthumously, 1930)