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" The Living Plant : A Description and Interpretation of its 

 Functions and Structure." By W. F. Ganong. 8vo., xii + 478 pp. 

 (Holt, New York, 1913.) $3.50 net. 



When we saw the name of the author on the title-page of this 

 book, expectations of something out of the ordinary run of botanical 

 text-books were raised, and when we had read the book we laid it 

 down with the feeling that those expectations had in no way been 

 disappointed. The only fault we have to find with the book 

 is concerning the weight of the paper used ! The author is a true 

 teacher as well as an accomplished botanist, and his text-book is a 

 presentation of the facts of plant-life at once fresh, accurate, and 

 interesting, and not least among its excellencies is the language, 

 lucid and remarkably free from technicalities. 



It is unnecessary to give an epitome of its contents in this brief 

 review, for that the title gives, and all the various life-processes are 

 adequately dealt with and their relations with one another clearly 

 pointed out. 



It is a book we can heartily recommend. 



" Les Ennemis des Plantes Cultivees." By Georges Truffaut. 

 8vo., 565 pp. (Truffaut, Versailles, 1912.) Paper covers, 10 fr. 



Visitors to the International Horticultural Exhibition at Chelsea 

 will remember the splendid collection of injurious insects, &c, shown 

 by the author, and will be prepared to find in this work, which is 

 based upon and illustrated from that collection, not only a ready 

 guide to the determination of insect and fungus pests, but also a 

 guide as to suitable treatment. The book aims to be a " Traite" 

 Complet de Pathologie et de Therapeutique Vegetales," and comes 

 as near to that ideal as is possible within the space given to it. 



" Wild Flower Preservation : A Collector's Guide." By May 

 Coley. 8vo., 191 pp. (Unwin, London, 1913.) 3s. 6d. net. 



Notes on collecting, drying, and mounting plants, with a glossary 

 of botanic terms. The print and illustrations, some of which are 

 coloured, are mostly good, but the notes are silent on the preservation 

 of some of those structures that most do torment the collector. 



" Plant Life." By Professor J. B. Farmer, F.R.S. 8vo., 255 pp. 

 (Williams & Norgate, London, 1913.) is. net. 



This little book forms No. 72 of the Home University Library. 

 The subject of which it treats is so vast that any attempt to cover 

 it in a single small book, if not actually foredoomed to failure, is at 

 least liable to result in compression so great as to make it difficult 

 for the non-technical reader, for whom we suppose these little books 

 are intended, to gain a clear view of the unity of its theme. That 

 the information contained is accurate it is needless to emphasize, 

 but we hope the editors will see their way to the production of other 



