60 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
Physiological plant anatomy 
An English translation of the fourth edition of HABERLANDT’s Physio- 
logische Pflanzenanatomie’ will be welcomed by all who have been engaged 
in the study and teaching of this particular phase of the science, particularly 
as it will make the investigations of this leader in physiological anatomy more 
readily available for students. As pointed out by the translator, the latest 
German edition, recently reviewed in this journal, may be assumed to embody 
the mature and considered views of its author with regard to this section of 
botanical science. In the chapter on sense organs, in particular, there is much 
original data, now appearing for the first time in English. Here no one will 
question the facts presented, although many will object to the teleological 
interpretations given by HABERLANDT. 
translator seems to have done his work very well, at times using con- 
siderable freedom to obtain a desirable clearness of expression quite in keeping 
with the meaning of the original. e volume is well printed in a most legible 
type, and all the illustrations, notes, and bibliography of the German edition 
are retained. One might sometimes wish, however, for complete citations of 
the literature—Gro. D. FULLER 
MINOR NOTICES 
northwestern manual.—FrvE and Riccs have prepared a manual for 
the use of schools of Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and the coastal region of 
southwestern British Columbia. These special manuals for relatively restricted 
regions are very useful for schools, since the keys can be made much more 
direct and simple, and the descriptions can be fitted more closely to the local 
conditions than is possible in manuals that cover a large area. The k 
is well organized, with every device for easy use, and should prove well adapted 
to its purpose. The real test of a manual lies in its use, and the reviewer cannot 
estimate this one from such a standpoint, but he has every reason to believe 
that the long experience of the authors in the region covered has enabled them 
to fit the work exactly to its purpose.—J. M. C. 
antae Wilsonianae.—SARGENT® in co-operation with several specialists 
has recently issued, as a fourth part of Plantae Wilsonianae, another important 
3 HABERLANDT, = aeaboomeneryes plant groped translated from the 4th German 
oaten Montagu Drummond. 8vo. xv+777. figs. 291. London: Macmillan 
914. $6.5 
4 Bor. ae 553402. 1913. 
F T.-C., and Rice, G. &., Elementary flora of the Northwest. pp. 259- 
New York, oo and Chicago: erican Book Co. 1914 
6 SARGENT, CHARLES SPRAGUE, Plantae Wilsonianae. re enumeration of the 
woody pene collected in western China ay the Arnold Arboretum vat Harvard Uni- 
versity during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910 by E. H. Wirson. Part IV. Publica- 
tions of the Arnold Arboretum. no. 4, 8vo. pp. 262. Cambridge: The University 
Press. Issued March 24, 1914. 
