THE FERN BULLETIN 



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should be dwarfed from any cause, we should expect 

 it to look like the so-called Botrychium simplex. We 

 need many more observations along these lines, how- 

 ever, and it is hoped that those who have access to 

 living plants will communicate their observations to 

 Mr. Dodge. 



BOOK NEWS. 



Clute's "Laboratory Botany for the High School" 

 issued late in 1009 has recently gone to a second 

 printing. The usefulness of the book to both young 

 and experienced teachers by directing where to get 

 material and how to present it in class is a feature that 

 makes the book well received. 



Great activity is being manifested by publishers in 

 the matter of issuing botanical works. Most of these, 

 however, are for school use. Among recent titles 

 may be mentioned Duggars "Fungous Diseases of 

 Plants," Fernow's "The Care of Trees" Hilgard and 

 Osterhout's "Agriculture for Schools of the Pacific 

 Slope." Hopkins "Soil Fertility," Bailey's "Manual 

 of Gardening," Weed and Emerson's "School Gar- 

 dens," Waugh's "Landscape Beautiful," Elliot's 

 "Plant World," Beecroft's "Who's Who Among the 

 Flowers," Reed's "Wild-flowers East of the Rockies" 

 and Coulter and Nelson's "Manual of Rocky Mount- 

 ain Botany." 



Another title has been added to the. growing list of 

 American fern books by the publication of Beecroft's 

 "Who's Who Among the Ferns." This is avowedly 

 a book for the novice 2nd attempts by picture and de- 

 scription to enable the beginner to name his speci- 

 mens. The plan of the book is excellent. An illustra- 



