(1) Elementary Plant Biology (2) A Manual of Structural Botany (3) Mikroskopisches Praktikum für systematische Botanik (l, Angiospermae) (4) Lebensfragen aus der heimischen Pflansenwelt (5) Anleitung zur mikroskopischen Untersuchung von Pflansenfasern (6) Wild Flowers as They Grow (7) Oxford Gardens (8) Gardening for the Ignorant (9) Annuals, Hardy and Half-Hardy (10) Irises (11) How to Make an Orchard in British Columbia

Abstract

THESE eleven books, widely though they differ as to subject-matter, have sufficient in common to make them of interest to the botanist, since they are all concerned with plant-life as studied in laboratory, countryside, garden, farm, and orchard.

(1) Elementary Plant Biology.

By J. E. Peabody A. E. Hunt. Pp. xvii + 207. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 4s.

(2) A Manual of Structural Botany.

An Introductory Text-book for Students of Science and Pharmacy. By Prof. H. H. Rusby. Pp. viii + 17–248. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1912.) Price 10s. 6d. net.

(3) Mikroskopisches Praktikum für systematische Botanik (l., Angiospermae).

By Prof. M. Möbius. Pp. viii + 216. (Berlin: Gebüder Borntraeger, 1912.) Price 6.80 marks. (Sammlung naturwissenschaftlicher Praktika. Band I.)

(4) Lebensfragen aus der heimischen Pflansenwelt.

Biologische Probleme. By Dr. G. Worgitzky. Pp. viii + 295 + iii. (Leipzig: Quelle and Meyer, 1911.) Price 7.20 marks.

(5) Anleitung zur mikroskopischen Untersuchung von Pflansenfasern.

By Dr. G. Tobler-Wolff Prof. F. Tobler. Pp. viii + 141. (Berlin: Gebüder Borntraeger, 1912.) Price 3.50 marks. (Bibliothek für naturwissenschaftliche Praxis, 5.)

(6) Wild Flowers as They Grow.

Photographed in Colour Direct from Nature by H. Essenhigh Corke. With Descriptive Text by G. Clarke Nuttall. Third Series. Pp. viii + 199. (London: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 5s. net.

(7) Oxford Gardens.

Based upon Daubeny's Popular Guide to the Physick Garden of Oxford: with notes on the gardens of the colleges and on the University Park. By R. T. Günther. Pp. xv + 280. (Oxford: Parker and Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 6s. net.

(8) Gardening for the Ignorant.

By Mrs. C. W. Earle Ethel Case. Pp. xxiii + 232. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 1s. net.

(9) Annuals, Hardy and Half-Hardy.

By Charles H. Curtis. Pp. xi + 116 + 8 coloured plates. (London and Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, n.d.) Price 1s. 6d. net. (“Present-day Gardening” series.)

(10) Irises.

By W. Rickatson Dykes. Pp. xiii + 110 + 8 coloured plates. (London and Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, n.d.) Price 1s. 6d. net. (“Present-day Gardening” series.)

(11) How to Make an Orchard in British Columbia.

A Handbook for Beginners. By J. T. Bealby. Pp. viii + 86. (London: A. and C. Black, 1912.) Price 1s. 6d. net.