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the teacher and student the latest phase in the development of mor- 

 phological conceptions. No longer is the plant treated as a mere 

 mechanical complex of root, stem, and leaves. Instead it is pre- 

 sented as a living being, plastic in its environment. The work of 

 root, stem and leaves, of the flowers and of the fruit, the influence 

 of the surroundings upon the plant, luv discussed in se])arate chapters, 



investigation. Yet these experiments are sini])le in the extreme, as 

 is the apparatus, in the constructioi\ of which a great deal of ingenuity 

 has been displayed. It is such that any handy, intelligent boy can 

 readily make it. 



The primary-school teacher will find this book a valuable adjunct 

 in her work; in the high school and university it can be given directly 

 into the hands of the student, whom it forces to think rather than be 

 content with the absorption of predigested statcnuuits. 



The last two chapters, the one on plants which cansc^ decay, fcr- 



ork of Burbank a 

 oroughlv acquaint 

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place of a similar book lh(> writiiiir of which \\as pn.jecicd ia 1 ro- 

 fcssor Bailey, to complete his series of Hotanica rrc\t-t )"ok^. ( cr- 



Osterhout, whose clear and concise manner of presenting the Mibject 

 and whose easv, almost colloquial style nuike the book attractive. 



The illustrations are as numerous as they are excellent. Most of 

 them are from original photographs and drawings, a very pleasing 

 feature, since it becomes tiresome to meet again and again the same 

 familiar drawings, however excellent. The bookwork too, deserves 



