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the questions discussed have a purely speculative interest, others have 
a practical bearing on every-day life. ; 
Outlines of Lessons in Botany.™—Miss Newell has adopted 
a pleasant method of introducing the study of plant life to children. 
This volume (Part 2) treats of flowers and fruit. Beginning with the 
early bulbous plants she gives directions for observing, comparing and 
describing the various parts of the flower. As the lessons progress 
through the spring flowers, common weeds, composites and summer 
flowers, opportunity is given to discuss in detail the functions of the 
` different organs, cross-fertilization, æstivation, inflorescence, the seed, 
the fruit, and the morphology of the flower. Points are brought out 
by pertinent questions, and so by easy stages the child is taught to 
observe for himself. Brief descriptions of sixty families of flowering 
plants are given in addition to the ones described in the lessons. The 
illustrations are numerous and good. 
3Outlines of Lessons in Botany, by Jane H. Newell. Part 2, Flower and Fruit, 
illustrated by H. P. Symmes. Ginn & Co., Publishers, Boston, 1892. 
