92 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



volume, entitled "Botany ;a Junior book for Schools", by R- 

 H. Yapp of the University of Birmingham, contains twenty- 

 seven short chapters, which beginning with the flower and 

 its uses runs on through roots, stems, and other plant parts. 

 Then follows matter of an ecological nature, stressed under 

 such titles as "How plants Pass the Winter", "The Move- 

 ments of Plants", "The Migrations of Plants" and "The Re- 

 lationships of Flowering Plants". Our students, however, 

 might properly be confused by references to unknown but 

 common British plants such as sycamore, the broad bean, 

 and the groundsel the latter described as "a very familiar 

 weed". The book rims rather too much to technical terms 

 to suit the majority of American teachers but it is apparent 

 that the student taught by this book will be well taught. The 

 illustrations, mostly by the author are clear, original, and at- 

 tractive. The book is published in America by the Macmillan 

 Company. 



The sports of hunting and fishing offer their tempta- 

 tions to a greater number of young persons, but they do not 

 afford continued pleasure to their votaries, like botanizing. 

 The hunter watches his dog and the angler his line, but ihe 

 plant-hunter examines everything that bears a leaf or flower. 

 His pursuit leads him into all the green recesses of nature — 

 into sunny dells and shady arbors, over pebbly hills and 

 splashy hollows, through mossy dingles and wandering foot- 

 paths, into secret alcoves where the hamadryads drape rocks 

 with ferns and naiads collect the dews of morning and pour 

 them into their oozy fountains for the perfection of their 

 verdure. — Wilson Flagg. 



