Science-gossip . i ience is popularly told and I to l«: .?I any Step ha foi Bom ?? for liinls. fhe result re oi. S MIPHIRB. Prom The Romance of Wild i botanists, but for the un ivei i I flowers. It i- a Mm- of chatty chapters, twenty-nine in number,thai will appeal lo many persons who delight inwandering through leafy lanes, umbrageous wood-lands or over breezy downs. It is a collection ofodds and ends f the pleasanter kind connected with ghler side of botany. It is, however, not allplant lore, as there are frequent touches ol science, illy with regard to the seeding operations. suc
Science-gossip . i ience is popularly told and I to l«: .?I any Step ha foi Bom ?? for liinls. fhe result re oi. S MIPHIRB. Prom The Romance of Wild i botanists, but for the un ivei i I flowers. It i- a Mm- of chatty chapters, twenty-nine in number,thai will appeal lo many persons who delight inwandering through leafy lanes, umbrageous wood-lands or over breezy downs. It is a collection ofodds and ends f the pleasanter kind connected with ghler side of botany. It is, however, not allplant lore, as there are frequent touches ol science, illy with regard to the seeding operations. successful. Some are distinctly so, and by permissionwe reproduce one of samphire. In addition to theseplates are large numbers of drawings in the text,which, though somewhat diagrammatic will 1useful to the uninitiated reader. The work as a wholecan be recommended, and will doubtless givepleasure to many readers, and cannot fail to createa tast< I i the investigation of i ur wild plants andtheir structure. 122 5 CIENCE-GOSSIP.
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