96 THE PLANT WORI.D 



Book Reviews. 



Botany All the Year Round. By E. F. Andrews, High School, 

 Washmgton, Ga. Cloth, 8vo, 302 pages. Price, $1.00. American 

 Book Company, New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. 



This book is admirably adapted for botanical work in the average high 

 school, and requires no expensive equipment. It is based on observation, 

 and in this respect meets the popular demand. The lessons are so arranged 

 that each subject is taken up at just the time of year when the material 

 for it is most abundant. In this way the study can be carried on all the 

 year round, a plan which is much more sensible than crowding the whole 

 course into a few weeks of the spring term. The language of the text is 

 very simple and direct. Botanical terms are introduced only as required. 

 The pupil is led to make accurate observations, and from them to deduce 

 safe conclusions. He is first taught to observe the conditions of plant 

 life, then the essential organs of the plant are taken up, and finally the 

 author treats of plants as they relate to their surroundings — ecology. The 

 book is accurate, and sufficiently full and complete to meet the needs of 

 secondary schools. The work required can easily be done, and will prove 

 thoroughh^ educative. F. h. k. 



A Book of Studies in Plant Form, ^y A. E. V. Lilley and W. Midgley. 

 Enlarged edition. 8 vo, 183 pages. London : Chapman & Hall ; New 

 York : Imported by Chas. Scribner's Sons. 1902. $2.00 net. 



Those of our readers who are interested in plants as used for decora- 

 tive and ornamental purposes will find an excellent plain and simple treat- 

 ment of the subject in this volume. The plan and scope of the book 

 is well stated in the preface as follows : ' ' Now it is seldom that the plant 

 most suitable for a particular design is in season when it is wanted, and 

 it is often so difficult (sometimes impossible) to find a drawing of the 

 ornamental side of many plants that the author ventures to hope that 

 designers of all kinds will welcome a series of more or less decorative 

 drawings and photographs from nature. ' ' The photographs and drawings 

 from nature as well as the conventionalized designs form an interesting 

 series of illustrations. c, L. S. 



The Massachusetts Floral Emblem Society has decided that the 

 Mountain Laurel is its choice for a State flower. The 124 branches of the 

 society report that Mountain Laurel secured 25,000 votes ; Mayflower 

 and Pond Lily 3,000 each, and Blue Flag 1,000. — American Gardening. 



