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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



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BOOKS AND WRITERS 



The teaching of agriculture in secondary schools is spread- 

 ing rapidly and it is evident that the book makers do not intend 

 that teachers shall neglect the subject for want of a sufficient 

 number oi volumes from which to select. One of the latest to 

 appear is Milo N. Wood's "School Agriculture." a book of over 

 300 pages which discusses both the cultivation of the soil and 

 the breeding of animals. The beginning- chapters are devoted 

 to the formation, constituents and classes of soils and are fol- 

 lowed by chapters on planting, pruning, propagating and kin- 

 dred matters. The book ends with a discussion of stock and 

 farm implements. Each of the thirty-nine chapters ends with 

 directions for practical experiments which cannot fail to be of 

 much value to both pupil and teacher. There are also upwards 

 of 200 illustrations, some of which are in color. The book is 

 issued by the Orange Judd Co., New York, at 90 cents net. 



According to the title page, ''Applied Biology" by M. A. 

 and A. N. Bigelow is an elementary textbook in biology, 

 though a glance through its pages shows it tO' be the old com- 

 bination of botany, zoology and human physiology bound in a 

 single cover.. The reviewer fails to see how botany in juxta- 

 position to zoology becomes biology and is inclined tO' consider 

 the association a mere mechanical mixture and not a chemical 



