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sideration a more limited field than it really includes. The sub- 

 title, " Their Study, Planting, Care, and Identification," seems at 

 first sight to contain an incongruity when considered in connec- 

 tion with the first part of the title. It would appear that either 

 the book is concerned with a peculiarly limited phase of tree 

 study, or else that its field is unevenly distributed, and poorly 

 defined by title. The writers are, however, able fairly well to 

 harmonize the contents with the title by pointing out that the 

 proper time to plant and care for trees in early phases of their 

 activity is during the months in which they are in their winter 

 condition. So that the title might perhaps be changed advan- 

 tageously to "Trees in their winter condition," etc., or some- 

 thing similar. 



But if the title is somewhat inadequate, fault can hardly be 

 found with the contents on this score. The book consists of two 

 parts, the first on the planting and care of trees, and the second 

 on their identification. The second part is practically the same 

 as the bulletin on the same subject issued by the writers in 191 1 

 from Storrs Agricultural Station, Conn. The only differences are 

 in the way of additions and some amendments to the keys, etc. 



Part I is stated to have been "written primarily for the indi- 

 vidual and his home grounds." That it succeeds admirably in this 

 purpose may be judged from a remark of a non-botanical friend 

 of the reviewer, who on looking the book over, suggested that 

 "it was a book which tells an ordinary person the things he 

 wants to know about trees." That the writers had this purpose 

 clearly in mind is shown in a later discussion under the topic, 

 "Tree study in High Schools and Colleges" as follows: "Too 

 frequently we forget that the student and the student's view- 

 point are of more importance than botany and the botanist's 

 view-point" (page 25). 



The possession of this view-point is a prime necessity for any 

 book which asks consideration from the general reader or for 

 use as a textbook. Many textbooks have been written and are 

 still appearing which serve not so much to interest and instruct 

 the pupil as to present the individual point of view of the author. 



