88 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



of palms, aroids, lilies, aniarylHses, legumes, ()rchids, roseworts 

 and others which are either decorative or possess handsome 

 flowers. The Compositae are comparatively few in number 

 owing doubtless to the fact that so many of the species though 

 possessing bright flowers are yet too weedy to be admitted 

 to the garden. The author is silent as to tlie brand of nomen- 

 cature used though it is evident that he adheres to the V^ienna 

 Code. This is in a way to be regretted since the names fail 

 in many instances to agree with those in "Standardised 

 Plant Names" recently issued which deals with the same 

 plants. This however, cannot be helped for a technical ac- 

 count of plants must be impeccable as regards accuracy. In- 

 cidentally we note that the genus Buonyinus has its old name 

 back without mutilation, that Pcntstemon is spelled (correct- 

 ly), Penstciiioii and that the horse-radish, which has previously 

 been fitted into a number of genera such as Cochleria, Nas- 

 t ID' till III, Roripa, and Radicula has been christened anew as 

 Amoracia rusticaiia which is quite enough to make any veg- 

 etable hot. The only typographical error we have noticed is 

 Selimuni for Selenium. The book is really more than a man- 

 ual ; it is a condensed encyclopedia into which the author has 

 inserted many bits of information not essential to the nam- 

 ing of plants but very welcome, nevertheless. The book con- 

 tains more than 850 pages and represents a tremendous 

 amount of work. It is to be regretted that all this makes it 

 necessary to fix the price at $7.00. While this may keep some 

 students from owning the work, it must be recognized that 

 the day when a text-book could be purchased for a dollar or 

 two has gone forever. Macmillan's are the publishers. 



Growing the wildflowers may be regarded as a special 

 branch of gardening, to excel in which recjuires an unusual 

 amount of brains. Our ordinary garden flowers have been 

 associated with man for so long that like some of our domes- 



