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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
botanist visits the South he always finds much in the 
vegetation to interest him, and it would seem as if all 
that is needed to awaken the Southern people to an 
appreciation of the wild flora is some such missionary as 
the Agriculturist. 
BOOKS AND WRITERS. 
Country Life in America now has a dangerous rival in 
the Country Calendar which is so nearly hke it in size, 
text, ty])e, paper, and illustrations that one has to look 
at the title to be sure which magazine he has in hand. 
The publishers of both magazines have plenty of money 
and we anticipate a very pretty race from rivals so evenly 
matched. The competition raised ought to be good for 
readers, writers and advertisers, alike. After some years 
of experience Country Life is a handsome magazine, and 
xXx&Country Calendar though new is not a bit behind it in 
contents and appearance. The latter is pubhshed bv the 
Review of Reviews Company. 
"Methods in Moss Study" by C. J. Maynard is a 
unique contribution to bryological literature. The author 
is apparently less interested in his pupils learning the 
names of a large number of mosses than he is in their 
acquiring the power to reason correctly about the struc- 
tures that come under their notice. The matter in the 
book is arranged in twelve lessons which discuss the 
structure, manner of growth and methods of spore pro- 
duction and dissemination in some thirty mosses. Each 
lesson is accompanied by a plate in duplicate which is 
intended to be colored by the student, though copies with 
the plates already colored may be obtained. The book is 
likely to Ix? of great service to young 'students leading 
them to consider the evolution of their plants. (West 
Newton, Mass., C.J. Maynard, 1905, Pp. 128. $1.25.) 
