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BOOKS AND WRITERS. 



Most of the works on American botany have been writ- 

 ten in the United States but Canada now come to the front 

 with "Studies of Plant-Life in Canada" by Catherine Parr 

 Trail, well known as an author of other volumes on Cana- 

 dian subjects. The plants to receive attention in the present 

 volume are practically identical with those growing in the 

 woods and fields of the Northern States. No attempt has been 

 made to include even all the showy flov/ers and the fact that 

 it is not designed as a manual of the region is shown by the 

 lack of a key of any kind. The text is entirely concerned 

 with interesting bits of information about the conspicuous 

 plants of the Canadian woods in which are interspersed many 

 quotations from the poets. The grouping follows, in a meas- 

 ure, the sequence of the seasons. Twenty plates, some of 

 which are in color, embellish the work. The book is an octavo 

 of some 200 pages, and will be very useful in winning a wider 

 regard for the wild-flowers of the region covered. (Toronto: 

 Wm. Briggs, $2.00 net.) 



