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cises for pupils in which they are directed in the work of plant- 

 ing and cultivating plants, and required to draw various parts, 

 make records of their growth and write up their experiences. 

 The book can scarcely be used as the basis for the school gar- 

 den course but it will offer many helpful suggestions. The 

 book is published by Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York. 



The "New Manual of Rocky Mounain Botany" by 

 Coulter and Nelson is likely to prove most satisfactory to the 

 great majority of botanical students. It is practically a new 

 book, having been entirely re-w-ritten. but the treatment is es- 

 sentially that of the earlier volume. It is perhaps unadvisable 

 for one not familiar with the Rocky Mountain flora to pro- 

 nounce upon the treatment of species and varieties. The fact 

 that the author, notwithstanding somewhat radical views, has 

 reduced to synonony nearly eighteen hundred species indicates 

 that, at least a middle course has been followed. The nomen- 

 clature is according to the Vienna rules ensuring something 

 like stability to this phase of the work. There are also excel- 

 lent keys to all the genera and species placed at the beginning 

 of each genus where they should be and not scattered among 

 the descriptions of species. Unusual features are the placing 

 of the common name at the end of the description of the spe- 

 cies and the citation of the place of publication of all the spe- 

 cific names. The book, like the earlier one is published by the 

 American Book Company. 



