58 Muhlenbergia, Volume 7 



Spring Flora of the Wasatch RecxIOn. By A. O. Garrett, 

 A. B., head of the Department of Biology, Salt Lake High 

 School. Skelton Publishing Company, Salt Lake City. 

 1911. 



This excellent little volume, neatly bound in cloth, has just 

 been published by Mr. Garrett for the use of the high schools 

 and colleges of Utah. Though the work does not attempt to 

 cover the entire State, it does include that portion in which 

 dwells a large majority of its population, namely, the western 

 base of the Wasatch mountains and the plains and valleys ad- 

 jacent. 



As the title indicates, the great bulk of the slimmer plants 

 are not included, only species known to bloom before June i6th 

 being admitted. However, a summation of the forms included 

 shows some 370 species and varieties, 190 genera, and 78 fami- 

 lies. A key to the families precedes the descriptive text, and 

 suitable keys to the genera and species are iuserled in their 

 proper places throughout the work. Mr. Garrett's position in 

 matters of nomenclature is rather conservative, yet sometimes 

 lenient toward views that are commonly classed as radical. Sis- 

 ymbrium is treated seiisii latiL^ while the Cyniopterus segregates 

 are treated sensn strictii. In his preface he says: "Believing 

 that an international code is preferable to one of local applica- 

 tion, the writer has endeavored to follow the rules of nomencla- 

 ture established by the Vienna Congress." And again: "Because 

 of the extremely divergent views held by botauisls today, both 

 regarding nomenclature and specific and generic limitations, the 

 writer gives a more extended synonymy than is usually thought 

 necessary for so limited a manual; but it will be found that an 

 extensive list of synonyms is absolutel)' required by the teacher 

 who does not have access to a fairly complete botanical library. 

 In order that these synonyms be in the most convenient place, 

 they have been put immediately after the accepted name of the 

 plant, instead of at the end of the description as is usually done." 

 While the work is necessarily a comj)ilation, it is due the 

 author to say that he has spent several vears in active, consci- 



