10 BOTANICAL EDUCATION [BoT. Absts., Vol. VII, 



BOTANICAL EDUCATION 



C. Stuart Gager, Editor 

 Alfred Gundersen, Assistant Editor 



77. Anonymous. Awbury Arboretum. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 9: 23-24. 1920. — 

 Digest of article in Bull. Geog. Soc. Philadelphia (July, 1919). Awbury Arboretum com- 

 prises over 30 acres at Washington Lane Station, near Philadelphia. It has been endowed 

 by Caroline E. Pope and other members of the Pope family as an arboretum and refuge 

 for migratory birds. — C. S. Gager. 



78. Anonymous. Botanical guides. [Rev. of: Cook, M. T. Applied economic botany: 

 based upon actual agricultural and gardening projects, xviii + 261 p. J. B. Lippincott Co. : 

 Philadelphia and London, 1919. (Farm Life Text Series.) See also Bot. Absts. 3, Entries 

 491.] Nature 105: 34-35. 1920. — Title is misleading; book as a whole is disappointing. 

 — 0. A. Stevens. 



79. Anonymous. Botanical guides. [Rev. of: (1) Sulman, A. E. Some familiar wild 

 flowers, ii + 65 p. (2) Australian wild flowers, ii + 67 p. Angus and Robertson: Syd- 

 ney (no dates). (3) Sulman, Florence. A popular guide to the wild flowers of New South 

 Wales. Vol. 2, xxi + 2^9 p., 71 pi. Same publisher, 1919.] Nature 105: 35. 1920. 



SO. Anonymous. Museums and the state. Nature 105 : 68-70. 1920. — Communications 

 from 5 persons in response to article of March 11. — 0. A. Stevens. 



81. Anonymous. The state and the national museums. Nature 105:29-31. 1920. — A 

 survey of British museums and plans for their futures. Separate museums have arisen in 

 response to conditions rather than by a broad and general plan. Coordination is needed to 

 enable each to fill a distinct and useful place. — 0. A. Stevens. 



82. Anonymous. The value of Botanic Gardens. Agric. News [Barbados] 19: 193, 194. 

 1920. — It is pointed out that the value of these institutions "for the advancement and 

 diffusion of a knowledge and love of plants" has only recently been appreciated to any extent; 

 and in small communities it has not yet been realised. The writer considers that a botanic 

 garden contributes to the well-being of the people from the social, educational, and scientific 

 points of view. — J. S. Dash. 



83. Anonymous. Prospectus of courses offered by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1920. 

 Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 9: 1-18. 1920. 



84. Anonymous. Education and research chiefly in relation to sugar and rice. Agric. 

 News [Barbados] 19: 167, 182. 1920. — In the course of a visit to Havana and New Orleans, 

 the Scientific Assistant to the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, 

 W. R. DuNLOP, made a number of observations, of which an account is here given. A descrip- 

 tion is given of the various sugar and rice experimental stations visited, and also certain of 

 educational institutions devoted to agriculture. — J. S. Dash. 



85. Anonymous. Fern study. Nat. Study Rev. 16: 235-257. 1920. — A very elementary 

 presentation of the principal facts about the structure, growth, and life-history of ferns, 

 with simple key and descriptions. — W. L. Eikenberry. 



86. BoYNTON, K. R. Vocational education in gardening for disabled and convalescent 

 soldiers and sailors. Jour. New York Bot. Gard. 21 : 87-94. 1920. 



87. Brown, J. G. A new economic botany. [Rev. of: Cook, Mel T. Applied economic 

 botany, xviii + 261 p. J. B. Lippincott Co.: Philadelphia and London, 1919.] Plant 

 World 22: 309-311. 1919. 



