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to study these propositions and report upon them. Such 

 interpretations of fact whether they lead to new names or not 

 are in a very different category from mere name changing. Upon 

 this score Dr. House's new book will receive the respectful 

 attention which its evident care and scholarship entitle it. 



There can, of course, be nothing but praise for the under- 

 taking — which has lain dormant since the flora of John Torrey 

 in 1843. It is a tremendous piece of work to even list all the 

 plants found in such a large and ecologically diversified state 

 as New York. The author has, in addition to the State Herb- 

 arium, relied on printed lists or local floras, among them the 

 reviewer's "Flora of the Vicinity of New York." In such a 

 large book it would be incredible if some errors had not crept in. 

 Of Teucnum canadense he says: "Recorded by Taylor as occa- 

 sional on Long Island. " I recorded it from Staten Island. And 

 there are others. But to cite such here would be both useless and 

 tend to create the impression that I am harping upon very 

 thin strings. Actually the new work inspires admiration for 

 its scope and intent, if a considerable amount of misgiving 

 over some of its details. Its defects are mostly attributable 

 to the causes outlined above, and from these Dr. House is no 

 more immune than any of us. 



NoRMAx Taylor. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



SHRUBS OF INDIANA 



Charles C. Dean* 



This book is a sequel to the author's Trees of Indiana, which 

 it resembles in size and binding as well as in plan and arrange- 

 ment. It is well bound in cloth, printed on good paper and the 

 typography is excellent. In these respects it is superior to the 

 majority of state reports. 143 species are described as native 

 to the state and two others, — Rosa Eglanteria and Lonicera japon- 

 ica, — as naturalized. Some fifty other species are mentioned as 

 having been reported from the state but are excluded because 

 the author has been unable to verify their occurrence or because 



* Publication No. 44 of the Department of Conservation of the State of 

 Indiana, Dec. 1924; 351 pages, 148 plates. 



