NOTES ON ALABAMA PLANTS 127 
Figure 11, 12.—Sections of anthers, lengthwise. x10. 
Figure 13.—Section of anther, transverse. x10. 
Figure 14.—-Mature stamen. x10. 
Figure 15.—Dorsal face of anther showing the large pores. x10. 
Figure 16.—Pistil with hypogynous disk. x8. 
Figure 17.—Section of pistil, lengthwise. x8. 
Figure 18, 19, 20, 21.—Sections of ovary, transverse; (18) at the 
base, (19) near the base, (20) below the middle, (21) slightly 
- above the middle. x8. 
Figure 22.—Seed. x25. 
ST. BERNARD COLLEGE 
ST. BERNARD, ALA. 
BOOK REVIEWS 
In this section are reviews of new, or particularly important and interesting books 
in the fields of natural science. Books dealing with botany or kindred subjects should 
be sent te the Editor, the University of Notre Dame. All other books for review 
should be sent to Carroll Lane Fenton, at the Walker Museum, the University of Chi- 
cago, Ill. Publishers are requested to furnish prices with books. 
WoopLAND TALES. By Ernest Thompson Seton. Doubleday, Page & 
Co. $2.00. 
This new book of Mr. Seton’s is addressed primarily to children of 
the ages of six to twelve years. But in the belief that the mother and 
father, or perhaps the campfire leader and scoutmaster, will act as 
leaders in the work, those chapters dealing with woodcraft are ad- 
dressed to grown-ups. 
The greater part of the book, however, consists of children’s stories 
with a fable and fairy tale flavor. Their subjects, however, are plants 
and animals, and great care has been taken to make them both instruc- 
tive and thoroughly accurate. The book is divided into sections, four 
dealing with the seasons, and seasonal aspects of biology, and two with 
nature games, woodcraft, etc. The whole reminds one of Mr. Seton’s 
excellent nature manual, “Two Little Savages” in its wide scope and 
pleasing style, but is adapted to the use of smaller children than those 
who read the latter book. “Woodland Tales” may not make naturalists, 
but it will go far toward making nature students; in giving the child 
