274 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
and their work are then studied in some detail. Then follow 
chapters on spring flowers, protection of pollen, and a few of the 
more important natural orders. A chapter on some common 
forest trees is followed by a short account of epi hytes, age ochre 
prove a helpful guide to teachers of elementary classes. There 
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here is always a freshness and originality about Professor 
same tree, or any two leaves, and is thus made to realize that no 
two plants or parts of plants are exactly alike, and that variation 
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for instance, the average text-book tells us how stems grow in 
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often left to be inferred. Prof. Bail y states plainly that when a 
part once becomes fixed or hard it never increases in length ; 
“that is, the trunk or woody parts never grow longer or higher ; 
branches do not become farther apart or higher from the ground ”— 
a fact which comes very much as a surprise to the “man in the 
street,” and is not always appreciated by students of botany. The 
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are helpful, though sometimes crude and rather sketchy. The 
book forms a useful and suggestive guide for teachers of elemen- 
tary botanical classes. 
The two little books sent by Messrs. Macmillan raise the 
question as to why a book sent for review should be defaced by a 
stamp—in the case of some publishers a very unsightly stamp— 
