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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
jects are treated as metamorphosis, the special senses protective 
devices, soHtary and social life, instinct, relation of plants and 
•insects, friends and foes, the wealth of insect life, the habits of 
ants, form and function, etc., in all of which there is a vast amount 
of information of a character that those who are not entomologists 
will find it advantag^eous to know. There are two colored plates 
and 232 other illustrations, a large number of which are photo- 
graphs from life. Many of the statements will be interesting to 
botanists aside from their entomological bearing as the one that 
records that it is sometimes dilficult to obtain verbena blossoms 
because they are torn to pieces by the milkweed butterfly in with- 
drawing its proboscis from the flower; or that the grasshopper 
•which spends much of its time on the lambs-quarter (chenopo- 
diiim album) is marked with red, like the leaf. The one thing 
that will attract all plant lovers is the account of the pronuba 
moth fertilizing the yucca which is illustrated by flash-light pho- 
tographs of the operation. The practical value of the book is 
^exhibited in such parts as that devoted to injurious insects and 
how to ^ deal with them and instructions for collecting and pre- 
serving specimens. The volume contains 344 pages and costs 
$1.25. 
Aspects of the Forest in WiNTER.~On the whole, winter is 
a far better season for walking in public parks than summer is . 
One sees much more of the broad scenery when the leaves have 
fallen. I need not say that the winter aspect of a forest, after 
a fresh fall of snow, or after cold rain has frozen upon every twig 
and lingering leaf is one of extraordinary beauty. Less under- 
stood is the beauty of bare trees, of the half frozen brook and of 
the blue shadows on the fields of mo\\ .--President Eliot of Har- 
vard in Park and Cemetery. 
