50 THE PI.ANT WORI.D 



SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. 



Publish notes and communications upon methods of teaching in nature 

 study and high-school botany, derived from the experience of teachers. 



Give brief accounts of new botanical work in various directions, in- 

 cluding the results of research and exploration. 



Present brief, impartial reviews of educational literature in the fields 

 of nature study and botany. 



NOTES. 



Hampton Institute is the scene of exceptional activity in the direction 

 of nature study at the present time, as is evidenced by the series of 

 excellent leaflets which are appearing, and which may be had at the 

 nominal price of fifty cents the dozen, by addressing the Hampton Insti- 

 tute Press, Hampton, Va. The scope of the leaflets which have appeared 

 is indicated by their titles. These are as follows : " Nature Study," by 

 J. E. Davis; " How Seeds Travel," by Neltje Blanchan ; "Evergreen 

 Trees," by Ethel B. Gowans; "Seed Planting," by C. L. Goodrich; "The 

 Life History of a Butterfly "; "Roots," by C. L. Goodrich ; "Beautify- 

 ing Schoolhouses and Yards," by Sarah W. Brown; ".Winter Buds," 

 by Julia Ellen Rogers ; " Soils," by C. L. Goodrich ; " The Meaning of 

 the Flower," by Addie Jayne ; "Plowing," by C. L. Goodrich; "A 

 Child's Garden," by Emily K. Herron ; " How to Make Friends with 

 the Birds," by Neltje Blanchan, 



We are reminded by a paragraph in the January Country Life in 

 America that now is the time to collect twigs, bring them into the house, 

 and watch their development. No one but those who have watched the 

 early growth of twigs at close range can realize the vast amount of pleasure 

 and instruction to be gained in this way. Any amount of material for 

 the school can be obtained in even a short walk in a few city lots — if 

 these can be reached. Those more favorably situated than many city 

 children and their teachers might do a good work by collecting material 

 on their excursions and sending them to their less favored friends in city 

 schools. 



REVIEWS OF EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE. 



LiFB ON THE Farm, or Scientific Agriculture Simplified. A 

 Reading Book for Grammar and High Schools, ^y Hiram H. Shepard. 

 Illustrated, pp. 166. Chicago : A. Flannagan Co. 



This book is divided into six chapters, which treat successively of the 

 soil, plants, trees, insects, birds and bacteria, and so covers fairly the 

 various topics related to farm life. The composition is terse and clear, 

 the type is large, and the printing excellent. It is the hope of the author 



