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would be preferable in several cases. The lettering in some 

 instances is quite inadequate, some important tissue being omitted, 

 the endodermis and pericycle scarcely figuring at all in the 

 lettering of stem sections. 



The paper and printing are good. It is seldom one gets such 

 clear and large print to explain illustrations. Given the descrip- 

 tions referred to above, in addition to the present plates, the 

 book would supply a long-felt want. Its range is very wide, 

 covering, as claimed in the preface, the range of study requisite 

 for the student of botany. 



K. P. 



