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ern States especially, except the lower orders of Cryptogamia, are . 
according to the natural method. By means of many plain and inge- 
nious tables, the learner is led to the genus or the natural order where 
the plant is found and described. This work makes the study of plants 
interesting and fascinating, and must in our country supersede all the 
common works on the Linnean methods. ‘Teachers of academies, | 
schools, &c., will find it a noble work for their use in the study of 
plants. 
From Messrs. Swallow and Cleaveland, of Brunswick, Me. 
Satisfied that Mr. Wood’s Botany is well calculated to supply the 
extensive demand fora Text-Book on Botany, we cheerfully recom- 
mend it to the use of schools and families. It has some advantages, at 
least, over any similar work extant. It contains in the same volume an 
Introduction to the Science and a Flora containing full descriptions of 
the plants [native and cultivated] of New England and New York. 
By the introduction of Analytical Tables, together with the Natural 
Arrangement, the author has happily combined the advantages of both 
the Natural and Artificial systems. G. C. SWALLOW, 
Principal of Brunswick Female Seminary. 
P. CLEAVELAND, 
Professor, &c., in Bowdoin College. 
From Dr. Davis, late Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Sir—I have your favor of the 15th inst., accompanied by the first 
part of “the Elements of Botanical Science,” by Alphonso Wood, 
A.M. From the cursory examination which I have given to this part of 
the work, I am satisfied that it isa work admirably calculated to pro- 
mote the design and object of the atithor. I remain, very respectfully, 
Your ob’t serv’t, 
JOHN W. DAVIS. 
From Rev. Henry W. Beecher, Indianapolis, la., Editor of “ Western Farmer and Gardener.” 
As a Class-Book, there is no work now before the public, within my 
knowledge, which can compare with this. Very great progress has been 
made, of late years, in the science of Botany, and the latest improve- 
ments are included in this work. The arrangement is excellent. Sev- 
eral entirely new features are introduced, which cannot fail to expedite 
the labors of the beginner. Asa Manual also, the advanced botanist 
will find it eminently serviceable. We can truly say, that we have 
never before seen a work that appeared so worthy to be introduced into 
our higher seminaries. HENRY WARD BEECHER. 
From Dr. John T. Plummer, Richmond. Ind. 
I have examined with much interest the “ Class-Book of Botany,” by 
Alphonso Wood; and do not hesitate to say that I consider it superior 
to any work of the kind that has yet fallen into my hands. The author 
has compressed within the compass of his book a great amount of valu- 
able information, and appears to me to have succeeded well in present- 
ing that information in so intelligible a form as to render the work par- 
ticularly desirable to both the public and private student. 
Richmond, Ind. . JOHN T. PLUMMER. 
From Prof. Paul A. Chadbourne. 
Dear Sitr—Having had the pleasure, not only of examining your 
“Class-Book of Botany,” but of making it my constant companion in 
my Botanical studies during the past year, I am happy to say that I 
consider it superior to any elementary work on Botany with which J am_ 
