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cies which, thoii.trli not essential to such a work, arc never- 

 theless desirable. 'Phis is ])r<i|)al)Iv the best hook of Texan 

 botany for the novice. It contains 250 pages and is for sale 

 by the author at 1025 Summit street, San .\ntonio. The 

 price is $2.50. 



"The Pharmacist's IJotany" by George Ij. Kiggs, is in- 

 tended j)rimarily for students of the drug plants and there- 

 fore omits much that ordinarily goes into a general course. 

 The book, however, gives a short account of each plant part 

 and then mentions the uses of sucli parts in pharmacy. The 

 so-called s])ore plants are discussed briefly and tiie contribu- 

 tion they have made to drug planl> mentioned. The most 

 interesting and attractive i)art of the whole work is that de- 

 \ < 'ted to the classification of seed-plants in which practically 

 all the species used in medicine, both olilicial and unofficial, 

 are mentioned under their re>pecti\e families. The student 

 oi m.edicinal plants luight possibh- welcome a more extended 

 discussion of tlie principles found in drug plants with i)erhai)s 

 some account of their preparation for use. There are no <h- 

 rections for the laborator\- work and the book i> e\ idetitl}' 

 intended more as a source of information than as a stimulus 

 to further investigation. The lx)ok. howexer. is the outcome 

 of the author's fourteen years experience in teaching the 

 .subject and ought to meet the requirements in its particular 

 field. We note that the printers have stumbled over the word 

 hawthorn. L^nlike the well-known author, the plants of this 

 name do not spell it with an e. The bo<ok is published by 

 the Macmillan Company. New York, at $4. 



The appearance of a new book for beginners in botany 

 from the Cambridge University Press again emphasizes the 

 fact that beginning courses are of necessity prett)' much alike. 

 Except for the plants suggested for study, the book might 

 well have been written on this side of the world. The new 



