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  covered 
  by 
  this 
  volume, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  their 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  swelling 
  the 
  periodical 
  literature 
  of 
  the 
  science 
  at 
  a 
  

   startling 
  rate. 
  It 
  is 
  indeed 
  high 
  praise 
  to 
  confess 
  that 
  a 
  sym- 
  

   metrical 
  resume 
  like 
  this 
  is 
  fairly 
  abreast 
  of 
  the 
  times. 
  

  

  One 
  feels 
  inclined 
  to 
  criticise 
  the 
  free 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  terminol- 
  

   ogy 
  adopted 
  and 
  in 
  part 
  suggested 
  by 
  Professor 
  Vines, 
  although 
  

   there 
  can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  of 
  the 
  utility 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  in 
  an 
  

   advanced 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  sort 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  terms 
  which 
  are 
  employed 
  

   so 
  generally 
  in 
  monographs 
  ; 
  the 
  work 
  serves 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   technical 
  dictionary. 
  Bat 
  we 
  own 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  glad 
  

   to 
  see 
  from 
  Professor 
  Vines, 
  whose 
  scholarship 
  would 
  have 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  great 
  weight, 
  a 
  reform 
  in 
  the 
  terminology. 
  Our 
  language 
  

   has, 
  of 
  course, 
  lost 
  its 
  plasticity, 
  and 
  few 
  new 
  terms 
  can 
  be 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  out 
  of 
  English 
  stems 
  and 
  roots 
  ; 
  we 
  are 
  driven 
  back 
  to 
  

   Greek 
  for 
  our 
  materials 
  and 
  these 
  serve 
  every 
  purpose 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  

   seems 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  new 
  terms 
  demanded 
  by 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  could 
  be 
  framed 
  with 
  some 
  regard 
  to 
  euphony. 
  Perhaps 
  no 
  

   one 
  in 
  English-speaking 
  countries 
  is 
  so 
  well 
  prepared 
  as 
  Professor 
  

   Vines 
  to 
  undertake 
  this 
  task, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  he 
  will 
  take 
  it 
  in 
  hand 
  

   when 
  he 
  thinks 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  ripe. 
  g. 
  l. 
  g. 
  

  

  6. 
  Practical 
  Physiology 
  of 
  Plants; 
  by 
  Fkancis 
  Darwin, 
  

   F.R.S. 
  and 
  E. 
  Hamilton 
  Acton, 
  M.A., 
  Cambridge, 
  1894, 
  8vo, 
  

   pp. 
  321. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  outline 
  of 
  directions 
  for 
  experimenting. 
  

   Explicit 
  directions 
  are 
  given 
  for 
  conducting, 
  generally 
  with 
  simple 
  

   apparatus, 
  the 
  more 
  conclusive 
  experiments 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  field. 
  As 
  is 
  quite 
  proper, 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  

   seldom 
  announced 
  ; 
  the 
  student 
  must 
  find 
  out 
  for 
  himself. 
  In 
  

   Detmer's 
  Practicum 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Oels, 
  the 
  student 
  is 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  helped 
  towards 
  his 
  result 
  by 
  a 
  brief 
  statement 
  of 
  what 
  he 
  

   may 
  expect 
  to 
  discover 
  if 
  he 
  is 
  successful, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  plan 
  

   for 
  a 
  certain 
  class 
  of 
  students. 
  But 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  that 
  the 
  

   method 
  used 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Darwin 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Acton 
  is 
  pedagogically 
  cor- 
  

   rect, 
  and 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  giving 
  excellent 
  results. 
  The 
  only 
  draw- 
  

   back 
  to 
  physiological 
  experimenting 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  students, 
  

   who 
  are 
  simultaneously 
  pursuing 
  other 
  subjects, 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  

   amount 
  of 
  time 
  which 
  is 
  generally 
  consumed 
  while 
  plants 
  are 
  

   growing 
  or 
  reacting, 
  and 
  the 
  consequent 
  difficulty 
  of 
  arranging 
  

   hours 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  close 
  economy 
  of 
  time. 
  The 
  student 
  should 
  

   receive 
  some 
  hints 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  he 
  might 
  be 
  getting 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  

   next 
  study 
  while 
  he 
  is 
  patiently 
  waiting 
  for 
  something 
  to 
  happen 
  

   to 
  the 
  plants 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  in 
  hand, 
  just 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  chemical 
  and 
  

   physical 
  laboratory 
  he 
  is 
  taught 
  to 
  keep 
  many 
  things 
  going 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time. 
  It 
  seems, 
  ou 
  first 
  reading, 
  that 
  the 
  authors 
  have 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  the 
  work 
  admirably 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  greatest 
  econo- 
  

   my 
  of 
  every 
  moment. 
  This 
  we 
  are 
  putting 
  to 
  a 
  practical 
  test. 
  

  

  G. 
  L. 
  g. 
  

  

  7. 
  A 
  practical 
  Flora 
  for 
  Schools 
  and 
  Colleges; 
  by 
  O. 
  R. 
  

   Willis, 
  Xew 
  York, 
  8vo, 
  pp. 
  349, 
  1894. 
  — 
  After 
  a 
  very 
  brief 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  Botany, 
  Professor 
  Willis 
  

   begins 
  with 
  an 
  analytical 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  natural 
  orders, 
  and 
  thence 
  

  

  