: i i ienti i d at the same 
“In the line of books bearing the stamp of scientific authority, an : 
time adapted for popular use, this is unquestionably the best work ever issued on the 
flora of an 
y part of the United States.”—FREDERICK V. COVILLE, U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture, Div. of Botany, Washington, D. C. 
i i i ble contribution ever 
“It will be no exaggeration to pronounce this the most valua’ 
made to American Dotty, so far as the area covéred by Gray’s Manual—somewhat 
extended. 
- + . . The authors deserve the thanks of every botanist for this success- 
ful ending of a great task.” —Meehans’ Monthly, Philadelphia. 
} : ‘ ts of flowers; for 
“This work should be in the library of all lovers and studen 
while it is the most exhaustive and complete work on systematic Se Aa hare Serv : 
published in this country, it affords at the same time an em in 
ners through its illustrations.””— The Churchman, New York. 
4é 
consider hi 
We cannot too highly commend the volume before us, and no flower-lover can 
s library complete without it.”— Tze Advance, Chicago. 
“The work should find an enthusiastic welcome in the private study, as well as 
in the college class-room.’’—Chicago Tribune. 
‘A book of rare excellence, doing on a much enlarged scale for this country what 
: wa Besides the accu- 
1s accomplished for Great Britain by Bentham’s Illustrated Flora. : ed 
Tate description, we here have an authentic portrait of every North American species 
The treatm 
ent is popular, but at the same time eminently scientific. A complete cy- 
i ry, of 
clopaedia of American systematic botany.’—PROFESSOR W. WHITMAN BAILE 
Brown University. 
; ae Since 
lished, . , 
i i i lants has been pub- 
the t f Linnaeus no such important book on p 1 
: Z What is eekliae to this work and what will give to it a value for 
i i t of illustra-— 
the general reader that is possessed by no other, is the accompanimen -¢ 
tions. . . . It will be adopted immediately in this country as a standard.”’—Arooklyn 
Eagle. 
“An important new scientific book. The labor bestowed na! "ee a work as this 
throws ofdinary book-making quite in the shade.”—. ¥. Herald. 
j tise 
‘As far as the present volume enables us to judge, we have here a trea 
which will 
i i to make 
exert a wide influence in inducing large numbers of persons 
ithi imi i hich will at the same 
otany within these limits a pleasant recreative study, and which = 
time afford to those who are fond of systematic botany a convenient work of re 
ence. 
i i ae 
A large proportion of the drawings are excellent in all respects. 
ifici exam- 
attificial keys are excellent throughout. Ail of them appear, so far as our ex 
ination has 
1S extremel 
ScTutiny as 
le work 
gone, to be carefully prepared. ... . The Ln eonmicaa st coy beled 
y attractive, and every feature of its mechanical arena pelcag heg toal ee 
regards both workmanship and sound taste. The au 
i i 6 ion from all 
ily congratulated on their genuine success in securing vont tna tomate of Lieek: 
their coadjutors and thus making a worthy contribution to the 
est in our native flora 
In this treatise we have an admirable addition to the 
Se oe on ee 
j », ing Post. 
Working appliances of all lovers of North American plants.’”—V. Y, Evening 
: i to be proud of 
.. — The work has finally a eared, and its friends have every reason Aahine | 
eee The iiinetrations 7 are remarkably clear and characteristic . . . ands = 
of nomenclature... _ It puts the student in the proper ee ee is a 
ingdom, and it is bound to work a genuine reform. We are : 
gTeat work 
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vegetable world and has worked them out fearlessly and logically.” —New Yor 
; t of the 
- It has taken the latest convictions of the methods of ascent o 
