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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
The Gardening World, of London, England, has added 
several new headings to its columns and in other ways 
brought its typographical appearance up to date. Its 
contents need no such improvement. We consider it one 
of the best and most practical gardening publications that 
reach us from "the other side." 
The Montana Agricultural College has established a 
publication known as "Science Studies." The first three 
numbers have to do with the flora of the State. In the 
third number an alphabetical list of the common names of 
Montana plants is given, followed by a similar list of 
scientific names with the common names added. 
Doubleday, Page & Co. have recently launched the 
"Nature Club of America," and h< -pr t , '^.-^ 
throughout the country. TW 
designed as a "feeder" for the - 
by this firm but the programs 
animals are free to all who a])] il- , . 
est all who are attracted to Xatnr.. 
W. S. Blatchley, State Geologist of Indiana, has sent 
us a copy of "A Nature-Wooing," issued some years ago, 
in which he recounts his adventures in the field during a 
winter spent in Florida. Mr. Blatchley is an accurate 
observer and a pleasing writer and his book is well worth 
a reading, especially by those who will visit or have 
visited the part of the world of which it treats. 
The success of Dr. A.J. Grout's " Mosses with a Hand- 
lens" has led him to put out a second edition to which 
has been added the common hepatics or livcr^vorts. 
Without doubt this is the best book for the beginner in 
the bry ophytes ever issued in America. The characters by 
which the species can be identified are, as the title of the 
book indicates, such as may be made out with a simple 
lens. The liverworts have now lieen treatecl in the same 
manner. The book abounds in good iilustrati(;ns which 
supplement an excellent text carefullvand lucidlv written. 
(New York, The O. T. Louis Co., $1.75.) 
