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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
courses are intended to cover a half year of school work, 
but when it comes to the course in botany for a second half 
year, opinions begin to differ. The recently issued "Intro- 
duction to Botany," by W. C. Stevens, presents a some- 
what composite course, which includes a brief survey of the 
flowerless plants, a study of typical seed-plants and ecolog- 
ical and geographic botany. In the first half of the book we 
note numerous new and excellent illustrations, which cannot 
fail to make the text clear to the average pupil. The second 
part is equally well illustrated, but in the opinion of the re- 
viewer not enough attention is given to the lower orders 
of plant life. The selection of t>T>ical seed plants to take the 
place of the dreary dissertations on plant relationships com- 
mon to most books is a commendable feature, and the chap- 
ters on the adaptations and distribution of plants are equally 
good. There is an unusually good glossa^>^ The inclusion 
in such books of a manualette of a few spring flowers can- 
not be commended. If svstematic botanv is to be taught 
at all. a real and comprehensive manual should be selected. 
The text of the present volume is excellent, and will no 
doubt add to the interest as well as to the knowledge of the 
pupils using it. (Boston : D. C. Heath & Co., 1905 ; $1.50.) 
The third annual meeting of the Botanical S}mposium 
will be held from July 2d to 0th, lOOfi, at Mountain Lodge, 
Little :\TrK^e Lake. Old Forge. Xe^v York. Through the 
courtesy (,i the members of the Adirondack League Gub 
the privilc'jre of occupying the club house for one week is 
extended to the members of t;:e conference. Tickets should 
be bought to Fulton Giani Station on the Adirondack Di- 
vision of die X. Y. C. & IT. R. R- Single fare from New 
Vr.-v r-' L." p, 1 ^.j 00 to S3.00 a day. Stages 
- Chain Station. Botanists 
' ^q>h Crawford, secretar}', 
■ -'phia. Fa., if they intend to 
