Botany and Agriculho a I Science. 4.r 



mens of each plant Never duplicate a number. Let each num- 

 ber apply only to specimens of one plant collected together on a 

 certain date — not to specimens of what may appear to be the same 

 plant collected in different localities at different times. 



Collect freely. Many plants look alike, but are different. Do 

 not tail to collect everything — weeds and all. C. R. Orcutt. 



EDITORIAL. 



We present our readers this month with a new feature — an ed- 

 ucational supplement, devoted to literary and educational matters. 

 This supplement is practically the successor to The Sphyvx, ately 

 published in the interest of the students of the Sail Diego College 

 of Letters, and is virtually intended to take the place of the usual 

 college journal issued by an educational institution. 



The West American Scientist becomes, in a measure, the 

 representative of the scientific department of the San Diego Col- 

 lege of Letters, which, we are pleased to say, has recently been 

 placed on a more permanent financial basis. It is, however, more 

 especially the representative of the West American Museum of 

 Nature and Art, an independent institution under the editor's 

 personal control. . This Museum comprising the editor's miscel- 

 laneous collections, has its main location in San Diego, but the 

 display collections are- being arranged in the Stough Hall at the 

 San Diego College of Letters, Pacific Beach, California, where 

 they will eventually be open to the public and available to the 

 students. 



These miscellaneous collections form doubtless the most com- 

 plete representation of the fauna and flora, the geology and the 

 mineral wealth of Southern and Lower California that is in ex- 

 istence. It also contains large series of plants, shells, minerals, 

 archaeological relics, birds and other objects from other parts of 

 North and from South America, from Europe, Asia, Africa and 

 Oceanica. As an educational factor, a public museum ranks 

 high. As a ready means for students to identify their plants, 

 shells and insects or other objects, its utility is unquestionable. 

 To those who are unable to personally consult it, the editor is 

 always ready to identify material to the best of his ability, or to 

 refer to a specialist in case an object is unknown to him. 



P OBLIGATIONS RECEIVED. 



*Oniy publications not elsewhere noticed are here acknowledged. 



Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools 

 in Europe and America. By Dr. Arnold Dodel, with an intro- 

 duction by Louis Prang. The Prang Educational Co. ; Boston. 



Agricultural Experiment Station; University ot Wisconsin. 

 Annual Reports ii., iii., iv., v., vi. Bulletins 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14 

 to 21 inclusive^ and 23. 



