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The study of plants 
WoopHeap’ has published an elementary textbook of botany which seems 
to possess several features deserving better things than this tardy notice. 
It is a pleasure to note that emphasis is placed upon the work of plants and 
their relation ox the habitat. lpheiag is considered in relation to function, and 
the amount f microscopic i juced t ini The book is divided 
into 5 parts, the first ius Kea tela elk asivadto te 
tative organs, occupying 150 
cae ig organs, gr here, as as before, attention is confined to seed plants. 
next 100 pa f the great groups of systematic 
ete including a east consideration of trees and shrubs. The final 
Portion is an introduction to the study of plant communities, inclding those 
of the roadside and cultivated fields. One of th of the 
book is the choice of so much material fr the common plants of the field 
and wayside. It is a relief to see such Aarichrompentind vo iets 
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s0 persistently in moet textbooks. C [ee . gs 
cipl as : nd pos es FURY SRE Re PRS that theexamples — 
eaptlepeieece the British Isles, ee adda as ee 
tunity of following wean tied rather than copying directly the — 
outlined in the text. This < gs will certainly make the _ 
book indi. bl to the teacher in search - ideas and fi x exerci s : 
with which to a 
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