such a book'for that section. No doubt many tourists, ranchmen 

 and others in the Rocky ^lountain region and adjacent plains 

 have wished also for just such a book. In " Rocky ^rountain 

 Flowers," Professor Clements and his wife have, I believe, pro- 

 duced such a volume. There are details that might be criticized, 

 but in a section where the wild flowers are so striking and varied 

 in color and form, and so plentiful that they are often a dominant 

 note in the coloring of the landscape, such a book is much to be 

 desired, and criticisms as to slight defects in the accuracy of the 

 color plates and in the use of such unfamiliar Latin names as 

 Brassicaceae for Cruciferae are out of order. The reviewer, 

 who has collected plants both as an amateur and a professional 

 in this region, finds this vokime a distinct innovation for that part 

 of the country. The book has easily worked keys, with family 

 and genus descriptions, and covers the wild flowers of the West 

 from the Canadian Rockies to California and Xew Alexico, and 

 as far east as the western halves of the plains states of Kansas, 

 .the Dakotas and Nebraska. Both keys and descriptions are 

 simple enough for the beginners in high schools and colleges, for 

 general botanists with slight taxonomic training, for tourists, and 

 for the general lover of nature who desires to know plants and 

 talk about them, but who has not had the opportunity, time or 

 inclination to wade through a great mass of technical detail in 

 order to gain the very general knowledge he desires. In this 

 volume the general, rather than specific, aspects are emphasized, 

 making it especially valuable for the forester and ecologist who 

 of necessity must do much of their identification work in the field, 

 and who must, therefore, have descriptions not difficult to apply. 

 There are 25 full-page color plates illustrating 175 floral types in 

 such a way that the most untrained layman would recognize 

 them. Added to these are 355 black and white illustrations of 

 floral " types." There is a key flower chart which should be of 

 great help in plant identification, especially to those other than 

 professional systematists. The book is convenient in size, very 

 attractively bound in dark red limp leather, and contains a glos- 

 sary of scientific terms. 



Orland E. White. 



