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THE MACMILLAN WILD FLOWER Book: text by Clarence J. Hylander; il- 
lustrations by Edith Farrington Johnston. The Macmillan Company, New 
York. Printed by the Great Lakes Press Corporation, Rochester, N.Y. 480 
pages. $15.00. 
There are 232 lithographed plates, many of them illustrating two plants, 
some of them three or four, nearly 400 in all. There is a brief description 
of each. By some artistic magic white flowers are made to appear white, 
even against the white page; others have a green leaf background. The 
forms and details are as perfect as anything I have ever seen, as far as 
plants I am familiar with are concerned. The marsh marigold does not look 
familiar unopened without showing the stamens. Some flowers, for instance 
the dandelion and the tall coreopsis, look to me paler yellow than they ap- 
pear in the mass as we see them in this region. The New England aster 
also grows in more solid clumps than is shown in the picture. Nevertheless, 
the total book is about the finest collection of mass reproduction in color 
that I have ever seen done in this country, and will be a joy to flower lovers 
everywhere. This is best appreciated when seen in broad daylight. Any one 
of the plates is worthy of individual framing. 
Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 EH. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
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AUDUBON WATER BIRD GUIDE, by Richard H. Pough; color plates. by Don 
Eckelberry; black and white by Earl L. Poole. Doubleday & Co., Garden 
City Ne SoU: 
There are 485 color plates, the best I have seen short of life size, and 
they cover spring, fall and immature plumages, which fills a much-desired 
want. Hawks and gallinaceous birds are included, as are doves. The 138 
black and white illustrations are of birds in characteristic flight position, 
a considerable help in the identification of birds who cannot be approached 
closely enough to get all the color details. In the case of the hawks, various 
color phases are shown. 
The descriptive body of the book, which could have been written only by 
an expert with wide field experience, describes the characteristic field iden- 
tification marks, habits, food, nest, voice and geographic range, all of which 
are invaluable data. All of this is compressed into a pocket size book of 352 
pages in easily readable print, including an excellent index. The covers are 
used for flyway maps showing life zones and vegetation zones, thus helping 
to explain distribution of birds. Altogether, this is a most valuable addition 
to our pocket-size bird guides. 
Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
