16 THE PLANT WORLD. 



for several days the daily subsistence had consisted of a few spoonfuls 

 of flour boiled in water. All of his botanical specimens were destroyed, 

 and, quite worn out, he arrived at Dawson, September 7, whence he 

 writes that he will return to Portland soon, and adds feelingly that he 

 "has had enough of the land of more square miles than square meals 

 for the present", — Erythea for October. 



BOOK REVIEWS. 



Botanizing. A (iuiDE to Field Collecting and Herbarium Work. 



By AVilliam Whitman Bailey. Providence, R. L Preston & Rounds 



Co. 1899. Price 75 cents. 



The present little work may be regarded as a revised edition of 

 Professor Bailey's well-known "Botanical Collector's Handbook", 

 which served such a useful purpose some years ago. While it is im 

 possible to lay down any hard and fast rules that must always be 

 followed in collecting, it is nevertheless true that beginners would 

 often be saved a jjreat amount of enero:y in working out their own 

 plans by having accessible the results of a veteran collector. It has 

 been said that a vouns: l)otanist must make one herbarium and throw 

 it away before he will have acquired sufficient knowledge to make a 

 really creditable one. With a "guide" like "Botanizing" such a 

 waste of energy will not be necessary, for every possible contingency 

 that is likely to arise has been provided for, from the clothing one 

 should wear and the lunch one should take on a botanical tramp to the 

 final mounting of the specimens and placing them in the herbarium. 

 Certain groups of plants require special treatment in order to preserve 

 them properly, and a few defy all attempts. Professor Bailey has had 

 the assistance of special workers in des-cribing the most approved plans 

 for collecting difficult groups, and there should be now no reason for a 

 beginner not making good specimens. 



Besides the chapters on purely collecting and preparing herbarium 

 specimens, there are short chapters on storing and exchanges, a botan- 

 ical museum, botanical gardens, &c., that contain much useful infor- 

 mation. The volume is of convenient size and may be readily taken 

 into the field. It is a useful book by an exi)erienced field and herbarium 

 worker. — F. H. K. 



