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that in recent years have been described as distinct species. 

 The nomenclature is frankly that oi the ''American Code," 

 which is to be regretted because it is so much at variance 

 with the usage of the rest of the world. Those who are 

 famihar with the first edition will notice very little change in 

 the second with the exception of the added species. Some of 

 the drawings have been remade and much bettered in the 

 making. The work is the only complete illustrated flora of 

 the eastern part of our country and as such will always be 

 indispensable to the student. The price of the new edition is 

 $13.50 net, the cost of transportation being additional. 



Charles Francis Saunders, whose name is already familiar 

 to readers of this magazine as the author of many interesting 

 botanical notes, has recently issued a volume of tramping, 

 camping and exploration in the Far West entitled ''Under the 

 Sky in California." In this book, which is both well written 

 and attractively illustrated, one is introduced to a portion of 

 California rarely seen or appreciated by the tourist. All travel 

 becomes interesting in inverse proportion to its rapidity. To 

 really see and enjoy canyons, mountains, deserts and the like, 

 one must travel slowly, by wagon, on horseback, or afoot, and 

 camp where night finds him. By methods such as these, Mr. 

 Saunders and his wife visited the old Missions, the Mohave 

 and Colorado deserts, the Yosemite, Santa Catalina island, and 

 the mountains of the Coast Range, and the book, which is 

 both an attempt to picture some of the attractions of such 

 trips and a guide to others minded to go and do likewise, is 

 the result. Chapters that are likely to appeal to many are 

 those on the climate, on camp cookery, and on life and making 

 a living in the land of sunshine. There are three hundred 

 pages in the book. It is published by McBride, Nast & Co., 

 New York, at $2.00 net. 



