BOOKS OF REFERENCE. 



Kerner & Oliver, Natural History of Plants, Henry 

 Holt & Co. 



This book should head the list, although its cost, $15, 

 bars it from many school libraries. It is beautifully illus- 

 trated, is modern, generally reliable and exceedingly inter- 

 esting, and it is not too technical for the general reader. 



Bergen, Elements of Botany, Pacific Coast Edition, 

 Ginn & Co. 



Spalding, Introduction to Botany, D. C. Heath & Co. 



Campbell, Structural and Systematic Botany, Ginn 

 & Co. 



MacDougal, Experimental Plant Physiology, Henry 

 Holt & Co. 



These are probably the most helpful text books for 

 the general reader or primary teacher on our coast. 

 The first two deal with both the physiology and the 

 structure of plants ; both give lists of books for the use 

 of more advanced students. Prof. Campbell's book is 

 especially good for work with the lower plants. There are 

 several excellent laboratory guides, among them one by 

 Prof. Setchell of the State University. 



We have no one Flora at all satisfactory for the identi- 

 fication of Pacific Coast plants. One who has mastered 

 technical terms sufficiently to use an artificial key, will find 

 Rattan's California Flora the most convenient for work 

 with common flowering plants throughout the state, but 



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