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Vegetable Growing. By Jesse George Boyle, B.S., M.S. in Agriculture, Master 

 of Horticulture, Associate Professor of Horticulture in the Purdue University, 

 La Fayette, Indiana. Philadelphia and New York : Lea & Febiger, 1917. 

 (Pp. ix + 350.) With 154 Engravings. 



The Living Cycads. By Charles Joseph Chamberlain, Professor of Botany, The 

 University of Chicago. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press. (Pp. 

 xiv + 172.) Price §1.50 net. 



The Preparation of Substances Important in Agriculture. A Laboratory Manual 

 of Synthetic Agricultural Chemistry. Third Edition. By Charles A. Peters, 

 Ph.D., Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, Department of General 

 and Agricultural Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College. New York : 

 John Wiley & Sons; London: Chapman & Hall, 1919. (Pp. vii + 81.) 

 Price 4s. net. 



Heredity. By J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., LL.D., Professor or Natural History 

 in the University of Aberdeen. Third Edition. London : John Murray, 

 Albemarle Street, W., 1919. (Pp. xvi + 627.) Price 15s. net. 



Aquatic Microscopy for Beginners ; or, Common Objects from the Ponds and 

 Ditches. By Dr. Alfred C. Stokes. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 

 New York: John Wiley & Sons; London: Chapman & Hall, 1918. (Pp. 

 ix + 324.) Price 10s. 6d. net. 



The Carbohydrate Economy of Cacti. By Herman Augustus Spoehr. Published 

 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919. (Pp. 79.) 



The Sugar-Beet in America. By F. S. Harris, Ph.D., Director and Agronomist, 

 Utah Agricultural Experimental Station, and Professor of Agronomy, Utah 

 Agricultural College. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. (Pp. 

 xviii + 342.) Price $2.25 net. 



Fossil Plants. A Textbook for Students of Botany and Geology. By A. C. 

 Seward, M.A., F.R.S., Hon. Sc.D., Dublin, Professor of Botany in the 

 University, Master of Downing College, and Hon. Fellow of Emmanuel 

 College, Cambridge. Vol. IV, Ginkgoales, Coniferales, Gnetales. Cambridge : 

 at the University Press, 1919. (Pp. xvi + 542.) With 190 Illustrations. 



A Textbook of Physiology. By Martin Flack, C.B.E., M.B., B.Ch. (Oxon), and 

 Leonard Hill, M.B., F.R.S. London: Edward Arnold, 1919. (Pp. viii + 800.) 

 With 485 Figures in the Text. Price 2$s. net. 



Problemes Scientifiques d'Alimentation en France pendant la Guerre. Comptes 

 Rendus des Seances de la Commission d'Alimentation de la Societe de 

 Biologic Tenues sous la Presidence du p er Charles Richet ; et Bibliographic 

 Analytique des Travaux Francois publies pendant la Guerre (1914-18), 

 par R. Legendre, Secretaire de la Commission. Paris : Masson et Cie. 

 Libraires de l'Academie de Medecine, 120, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 1919. 

 (Pp. 157.) 



The Boy's Own Book of Great Inventions. By Floyd L. Darrow, Head of 

 Science Department, Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School. New 

 York : The Macmillan Company, 1918. (Pp. ix + 385.) With 33 Illustrations. 

 Price $2.50 net. 



