BOOKS AND WRITERS 



Nature and Ciiltiire, of Cincinnati, has recently changed 

 its title to Tlie Bluebird. It is the organ of the Ohio Andnbon 

 Society and contains considerable attractive matter relating 

 to ornithology. 



There are varions ways of obtaining fame as an author. 

 Some accomplish it in a single bound by a single book, others 

 attain it after many years and the writing of many volumes, 

 and still others may strike a popular chord after one or two 

 attempts, but Dr. J. K. Small of the New York Botanical 

 Garden has discovered a new and original way of attracting 

 the attention of the botanical public, at least he has issued five 

 books in a bunch which ought to have this effect. This versa- 

 tile author recently brought out no less than four different 

 floras, including a second edition of his ''Southern Flora," 

 which of itself is as big as a dictionary, and in addition has 

 produced a book on Florida trees. This sets a mark in book- 

 making that bids fair to be unsurpassed for some time. 



Henry H. Saylor's ''Book of Annuals" is likely to be a 

 disappointment to anybody except the veriest novice. It is 

 not a comprehensive treatment of the annual floAvering plants 

 such as one might perhaps expect from the title, but is a list 

 of fifty species that are easily cultivated. Each species is 

 illustrated with a good photographic reproduction and on a 

 page facing this is to be found a certain amount of information 

 regarding its cultivation and time of bloom, which ought to 

 be gained as easily from any good seed catalogue. It is a 

 book that no doubt will be of interest to the beginning gar- 

 dener, but others will find little of value in it and there is still 

 room for a real book of annuals. McBride, Nast & Co., New 

 York, are the publishers. 



A new book which possesses several unique features and 

 is designed for use in the botanical laboratory, has just been 



