VOLUME J5, NUMBER 2 



WHOLE NUMBER 8J 



MAY, 1909 



The AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



20 

 CENTS 



A 

 COPY 



75 

 CENTS 



A 

 YEAR 



CONTENTS j 



THE STORY OF THE SAXIFRAGES - 33 



By Walter Albion Squires. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SEEDS AND 

 SEEDLINGS 35 



By Willard N. Clute. 



PROSERPINA: STUDIES OF WAY- 

 SIDE FLOWERS 38 



By Rev. John Davis. 



VARIATION IN PLANTS 43 



THE RELATIONSHIPS OF PLANTS - 43 



THE FRUIT OF THE LEGUMINOSAE 45 



By Willard N. Clute. 



FIELD BOTANY 47 



EDITORIAL 58 



NOTE AND COMMENT ------ 49 



BOOKS AND WRITERS 62 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO. 



JOLIET, ILLINOIS 



