76 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



discusses the common insect and fungus pests and suggests 

 remedies for their control. It sells for $2.50. 



"General Botany" is a new book, by Hiram D. Densmore, 

 recently issued from the press of Ginn & Co. The book is well 

 written and well illustrated, but in content it differs so little 

 from a hundred others that have gone before it that one 

 wonders whether the schools will find a pressing need for it. 

 As is usual, the first part treats of the structure and function 

 of plant parts, the second part deals with the so-called "spore- 

 plants" — mosses, ferns, and the like — and the third and final 

 part discusses representatives of several of the better known 

 plant families. The point in which the book differs most from 

 its congeners is possibly to be found in the attention given to 

 minute and technical details. As a complete and careful ac- 

 count of the plant and its activities, the book is above criticism ; 

 as a guide to the beginning student, one might reasonably sug- 

 gest that it fails to sufficiently emphasize the salient points. 

 As it is, these are lost in a maze of details. No reference to 

 laboratory work is made, but it is understood that a laboratory 

 guide by the author will be forthcoming. The illustrations, of 

 which there are nearly 300, are excellent and do much to eluci- 

 •date the text. The price of the book is $2.96. 



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