THE FERN BULLETIN 



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safe leader. For flowering plants, however, it is sure 

 to be the standard and everyone will, of course, want 

 a copy. 



BOOK NEWS. 



George Lincoln Walton has written a ''Practical 

 Guide to Wild Flowers and Fruits" which attacks the 

 problem of finding the names of plants in a somewhat 

 different way from the other books on the market. 

 While color is the basis upon which the main groups 

 are divided, the lesser groups are keyed out according 

 to the arrangement of their leaves, size of the plant, 

 shape of the flowers, etc. Technical terms are con- 

 spicuous by their absence. Naturally only the more 

 showy flowers and fruits are included in the book. 

 There are nearly a hundred drawings in the book, but 

 few illustrations. The book is published by Lippin- 

 cott, at $1.50 net. 



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Some time before his death the late Marshall Ward 

 began a series of books on trees, devoting a single vol- 

 ume to leaves, another to buds and stems, etc. Three 

 of these volumes appeared before his death, another 

 devoted to fruits has just been issued and another 

 which he left in manuscript will appear later. The 

 present one on fruits is an excellent presentation of 

 the subject and astonishes one by the great variety in 

 the fruits which it makes apparent. While written es- 

 pecially for British readers it will be found useful on 

 this side also. The second part of the book is devoted 

 to short descriptions of the woody plants of Great Brit- 

 ain but the key to these plants is too complicated for 

 real use. A large number of illustrations add to the 

 usefulness of the book. 



