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As you may have noticed, we have listed several books over in the right-hand column. If you use our Amazon links to purchase books FNPS will make some money depending upon the price of the item. If you use Amazon to purchase other items, you can still link to one of the books and then navigate to any other item to earn some cash for your favorite group.

On another note, if you wish to suggest any other books that you think folks would be interested in that relate to Florida and its native plants, let us know.

Thanks for your support.

PS., if you would like to suggest a topic or if you'd like to be a guest blogger, we'd love to hear from you. 

Comments

Jan Allyn said…
The Pinellas Chapter's website has a bibliography of interest to native plant enthusiasts. Check it out at http://pinellas.fnpschapters.org/bibliography.html.
September 4, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Pat B said…
I would like to be a guest blogger. My Website/blog is healingplantsofflorida.com
September 6, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Florida Native Plant Society said…
Jan, your bibliography sounds interesting, but the URL provided is not working. Could you check it out and resend?

Pat,thanks for your interest. We have reserved a spot for your post!
September 7, 2010 at 11:16 PM
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