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A Glossary of Botanic Terms with Their 

 Derivation and Accent. By Benjamin 

 Daydon Jackson. Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company. 

 This is a revision of the author's well- 

 known glossary and contains much new 

 material with some slight changes. It is 

 convenient for those who wish to have a 

 neat little dictionary of botanical terms. 



A Textbook of Botany. By William F. Ga- 

 nong, Ph. D. New York City: The 

 Macmillan Company. 

 Although Professor Ganong is known the 

 world over as a technical specialist in bot- 

 any, he has not lost his sympathetic inter- 

 est in the general reader and student. While 

 this book is written especially for college 

 students and is a masterpiece of its kind, it 

 will be of great interest to all naturalists. 



Conservation of Our Wild Birds. By Brad- 

 ford A. Scudder. Boston, Massachu- 

 setts. Massachusetts Fish and Game 

 Protective Association. 

 This is a convenient handbook describ- 

 ing methods of attracting and increasing 

 our useful birds and the establishment of 

 bird sanctuaries. Particularly helpful are 

 the tables of specifications for the build- 

 ing of nesting boxes for different kinds of 

 hirds. The book is convenient and inspir- 

 ing. 



A Handbook of American Private Schools. 

 By Porter E. Sargent. Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts: Porter E. Sargent. 

 What this book fails to record in rearard 

 to private schools is not worth recording. 

 It gives a complete description not only of 

 schools but of camps, periodicals, teachers' 

 agencies, publishers of books, magazines, 

 printers of school catalogues, manufactur- 

 ers of schoolroom equipment and uniforms. 

 A third edition for 1917 is in preparation 

 and school authorities are requested to send 

 particulars. 



How to Make Friends With Birds. By Niel 

 Alorrow Ladd. Garden City, New 

 York: Doubleday, Page & Company. 

 This handbook tells in a simple and in- 

 teresting manner the best methods for the 

 conservation of bird life. It gives full de- 

 scriptions of bird houses, baths and drink- 

 ing fountains; discusses the question of 

 bird enemies and the means of lessening 

 their depredations; shows how trees and 

 shrubs may be properly planted to attract 



l)irds, and treats of winter feeding as well 

 as the natural food of birds, touching upon 

 their economic value in the destruction 01 

 insect pests. It is helpfully illustrated by 

 many beautiful photographs and drawings. 



Tree Wounds and Diseases. By A. D. Web- 

 ster. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 

 Company. 



It is now a well appreciated fact that 

 shade and forest trees need the doctor as 

 much as do human beings and live stock. 

 Most of us who live in the country and 

 those who enjoy their recreation in parks 

 are devoted to certain trees as to real 

 friends. This book is written with the dis- 

 tinct object of bringing home to those re- 

 sponsible for trees that at a small outlay of 

 labor and expense the lifetime of old, his- 

 toric, or accidentally damaged speciinens 

 may be greatly extended. 



When left to themselves, cavities or hol- 

 lows in trees gradually increase in size un- 

 til the ascending sap is entirely cut off and 

 the tree ruined. The same dire results fol- 

 low from the neglect of injured bark, poor 

 pruning, fungus growth, bad soil and at- 

 mosphere effects and diseased branches. 

 The author in a lucid and thorough manner 

 tells you how to go about their cure and 

 how to take preventive precautions. It is 

 a firstrate book and will be of real value. 



The Flower-Finder. By George Lincoln 

 Walton, M. D. Philadelphia. Pennsyl- 

 vania: J. B. Lippincott Company. 

 This is an identification handbook for the 

 novice who must learn to recognize the 

 wild flowers he would study. The author 

 says: 



"The study of wild flowers oft'ers an un- 

 rivalled diversion for one who, on retire- 

 ment from active work, feels the need of 

 something to replace the interests which 

 have hitherto absorbed him. It is also well 

 for the plodder, in danger of going stale 

 from too protracted toil, to improve such 

 opportunities as offer for the broadening 

 of his horizon before it is too late. It gives 

 one a tangible interest in the open, and 

 displaces the familiar worries by substitut- 

 ing 1 new and stimulating interest — an in- 

 terest, too, that appeals always to our bet- 

 ter side. Nor do I know of any pursuit in 

 which so satisfactory progress can be made 

 by the novice without such painstaking 

 study as materially diminishes the value of 

 the fad — that essential adjunct to every 

 well-ordered life." 



