THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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made not alone by botanical publications but by news- 
papers and magazines as well in both this and foreign 
countries. It is always something of a compliment to 
our contributors when matter is reprinted in this way, 
for editors are in the habit of selecting only the best of 
matter for such purposes and do not clip from other pub- 
lications with a view of pleasing other editors. The 
reason that matter Irom this journal is so often selected 
appears to us to be that the objects to which our contrib- 
utors are giving attention are those that are uppermost 
in the public mind, at least so far as botany is concerned. 
In the time of Torrey, Wood and Gray new plants were 
constantly being discovered, and articles on the nomen- 
clature and relationships of plants were then most 
attractive. But the passage of time has changed all this. 
A decade or two in which we have had books on the 
popular side of plant life has made the names of our 
■common plants familar to a large number of people and 
these people now want to know more about them. The 
botanizer seldom goes away for a vacation among the 
plants nowadays without meeting other botanizers 
similarly engaged. We expect to see this interest in plants 
increase greatly in the next few years and believe that it 
will be due in great measure to the influence of articles 
like those we are publishing. In this connection it may 
not be amiss to point out to possible contributors the 
fact that a magazine so frequently (juoted as this is a very 
desirable one in which to appear as a contributor. 
BOOKS AND WRITERS. 
Professors Bigelow and Lloyd of the Teacher's 
College, Columbia University, have recently brought out 
a volume on "The Teaching of Biology in the Secondary 
School," Professor Lloyd being responsible for the matter 
relating to Botany and Professor Bigelow for that relat- 
ing to Zoology. In the nearh^ five hundred pages of the 
book the relations of these two sciences to education in 
general, and to each other are most carelully, thoroughly 
