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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



of words which may be underscored to indicate various feat- 

 ures. The arrangement of the note-books is the work of Mrs. 

 Anna Botsford Comstock. Such books should be a great help 

 to beginning students. The price is 30 cents each. 



F. Schuyler Mathews' well known 'Tield Book of Amer- 

 ican Wildflowers" now has a Western analogue in 'Tield Book 

 of Western Wildflowers", by Margaret Armstrong and J. J. 

 Thornber. This is the first attempt to make a handbook of 

 the common flowers of the entire West exclusive of the Rocky 

 Mountain region. It is certain to prove of much value to all 

 interested in the plants in the region covered. In addition to a 

 descriptive text including both genera and species there are 500 

 line drawings and 50 colored plates by Miss Armstrong. The 

 book could have been made several pages shorter if the state- 

 ment that ''There are many other kinds of this" had been omit- 

 ted after each genus. It is published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 

 New York, at $2.00 net. 



