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the hardy exotics. * * * fh^ author of "Wildflowers 

 of the North American JVIountains" writes from Switzer- 

 land to say that the report of her book being out of print 

 is incorrect. * * * Xhe book has changed its title, and 

 also its publisher, Init it is still the same old book. * * * 

 C. F. Saunders is revising his "Finding the Worth-while in 

 the Soutliwest" in anticipation of a new edition. * * * 

 This reminds us that the second edition of Smalls "Flora of 

 the Southeastern States" is about out of print. * * * 

 Funny how some people wait till a book is sold out and then 

 pay advanced prices for second-hand copies. * * * 

 "The Glorious Gladiolus", reprinted from the Gladiolus 

 Bulletin, tells all abut the history and cultivation of this sum- 

 mer flower. * * * J. L. Vondel, Sharon, Mass. is the 

 publisher. * * * Wg j-^j-^ fond of the gladiolus but we 

 never have time to dig up the bulbs in the fall. * * * 

 Tulips and daffodils look better to us. * * * Roswell 

 B. Peters' "Laboratory Guide in Biology" comes to make us 

 glad we do not live in the Empire State. * * * fhe 

 book is excellent for the purpose intended, but it savors too 

 much of the Standardized Course, with which New York is 

 afflicted, to suit us. * * * We received some of our educa- 

 tion in that State and remember the Regents exams, with 

 feeling. * * * jv^Tq, vve did not intend to write with 

 feelings of admiration. * * * w^ (jo not take stock in 

 any brand of education in which a few of the elect tell the 

 rest what to think. * * * j,^,c;t imagine W. J- Bryan as 

 Secretary of Education in the President's cabinet ! * * * 

 A reader sends us a picture of sixty-one wildflowers found 

 blooming in December and January in the Puget Sound re- 

 gion. * * * About one-third are composites. * * * 

 The celebrated climate of Los Angeles now has a worthy 

 rival. * * * George B. Sudworth, of the Government 



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