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known about the life of plants. Another work 

 which covers much the same ground is Knight 

 and Step's Popular Botany (Henry Holt & 

 Co., New York, 2 vols., $5.00). It has a more 

 popular style and in some instances goes more 

 into detail than does Ganong's book; but it is 

 not so well written and arranged. It is, how- 

 ever, interesting for its more than 700 beauti- 

 ful illustrations from photographs which in- 

 clude many American plants. 



These books make a good beginning for a 

 botanical library. As you go on, you will 

 doubtless want to add more according to your 

 taste and capacity and the money at your com- 

 mand. .There are many attractive books and 

 new ones are constantly appearing. , Ganong's 

 book is of value here because of its suggestions 

 for further reading along different lines. 



In studying plant life the student must guard 

 against attempting too much in a day or in 

 any one season. Few people have very much 

 leisure, so that it is far better to examine a 

 few plants thoroughly, to know twenty really 

 well, and to have an interesting record of them 

 in your note-book, than to have such a cursory 



