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OBSERVATION '' 



A JOURNAL OF 



NATURE -STUDY a» 



^ AND SCIENCE 



This new Illustrated Monthly Magazine will contain : — 



Notes, News and Reviews 

 Leaflets for Teachers 



Seasonal Suggestions 

 Leaflets for Children 



Articles on all branches of Nature -Study and Science 



Annual Subscription 4s., or including postage. 5s. 



All communications should be addressed to the Manager of Observaiiony 

 Palmer & Co., 42 Castle Street East, Oxford Circus, London, W. 



Just Published Crown 8vo, Cloth^ 3s. 6d» 



NATURE STUDIES 



(PLANT-LIFE) 



BY 



G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc, F.R.G.S. 



Lecturer in Botany, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College 



This book has been specially prepared for teachers and others 

 engaged in giving nature-knowledge lessons to children. It 

 is written in simple, non-technical language, and gives a 

 very clear, full, and up-to-date exposition of Plant-life in its 

 myriad forms. 



Fully illustrated by drawings, photographs, microscope 

 specimens, &c. 



LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, Limited, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.G. 



GLASGOW AND DUBLIN 



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