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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 317 
The Grasses of Maine. Designed for the use of the students of the Maine State 
College, and the farmers of the state. By C. H. Fernald, A.M. Augusta, 
1885. 8m pp. 70. t 
This work, which is privately published and only intended for Jocal use, is 
a creditable production. One is at once struck with the attractive form in 
Which it is issued, the printer’s part being done in a very satisfactory manner. 
pointing in its brevity. The { the grass family as a source of sustenance 
and revenue is first discussed, successively followed by a description of the gen- 
eral structure of t plant, definitions of the terms tsed ribing 
ages of descriptions and notes on the species, and a suitable index. is 
oceupies about half the volume, the remainder being filled with forty-two full 
Finite States.” 
i language, and 
telligent ovoee th t the state. Th sion fs nate mp however, 
ing the a is astonishin, t all de- 
ved rad agente — oie sa ea g S watek 
Writers it is found that they quote from each other, and very largely from Sin- 
Clait’s standa rk “Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis,” pretty la ly with- 
ee credit. A thorough work on agricultural grasses based on original 
observations a xperiments is much neede : : 
ugh Professor Fernald’s work contains nothing new, it seems admir- 
litho : 
rif fitted for the practical objects in view, and worthy of special commenda- 
Deseriptive Botany. A practical guide to the classification of plants, with a pop- 
ular flora, By Eliza A. Youmans. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 12° 
Pp. Xxvi, 336. nee 
Ye have before us another attempt to prepare @ work on botany suitable 
for High Schools and Academies. Our and gment as to fe is needed by such 
Schools does not at all coincide with that of the ronenre see pcrpmcing es a 
be This divorce however will be fatal to | 
Micke rare that any school will give the time necessary 
ent The method adopted for studying the topic saloons is mos 
book. We, , that which requires the student to study t negecres se book; fot 
this re, escri 
= . pee work 
tially of those appli ing in the spring ane wort” 
i 1 _ By commencing | i oem ee 
rede thae the whale eda 6 aight pet the majority of il ustrations, 5U 
ool works so, : : 
Hi In fact the first part of the book is little else than an illustrated glossary 
‘fe is a fair sample ; 
