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The Plant World. 



Necessary apparatus for general botany, ecology, taxonomy, 

 nature study and general zoology will be furnished. A limited 

 supply of botanical driers can be loaned to those wishing to make 

 collections. Specimens of typical plants from the various zones 

 may be collected and pressed for demonstration purposes 

 by teachers. An abundance of useful class material for preser- 

 vation in alcohol is easily obtainable. Those who use a camera 

 can find opportunity to practise their art on general landscapes, 

 ecological formations and on individual plants. Foi this work 

 a dark room is provided, while the necessary chemicals can be 

 obtained at reasonable prices. 



It is intended that the laboratory shall be a center for bo- 

 tanical research* as well as for instruction. The instructors 

 in charge will here continue their ecological studies of lakes 

 and other interesting formations, and will be ready to indicate 

 special lines of work in ecology and other branches likely to 

 prove attractive to students. The botanical opportunity is 

 almost unlimited in this virgin western country, and subjects 

 worth investigating are found on every hand. 



I University of Colorado, 



Boulder, Colo. 



♦The student who is interested in knowing the possibilities of botanical investigation in 

 Colorado may read an article on this subject by one of the present writers in the University 

 of Colorado Studies, Vol. VI, pp. 5-10, Dec, 1908. 



BOOKS AND CURRENT LITERATURE. 

 Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George B. Sud worth (U. S. 

 Forest Service, 1908) is a much needed and useful work. It 

 stands as the first volume of four which are to deal with all the 

 native forest trees of North America north of the Mexican 

 boundary. Part II will be devoted to the Rocky Mountain 

 trees, Part III to the trees of the Southern states, and Part IV 

 to the trees of the Northern states. As the work has been pr - 

 pared largely for the layman, the use of technical terms has been 

 avoided, and essential characters are plainly defined, so that 

 one who is possessed of ordinary discrimination ought, by aid 

 of the figures and clear descriptions, even if he has had little 

 technical training, to be able to identify readily any tree of the 

 Pacific Slope. 



