27 AUGUST 1898, Page 25

Studies of Plants. By L. H Bailey. (Macmillan and Co.

7s. 6d.)—" It is a common method," writes the author, who dates from Cornell University, "to begin the study of plants by means of formal ideals—or definitions—but the author believes that the proper way to begin it is by means of plants." The book, accordingly, is divided into " studies " of seven classes of objects and processes,—" Twigs and Buds," "Leaves and Foliage," "Flowers," "Fructification," "Propagation," "Behaviours and Habits," "Kinds of Plants." The studies are copiously illus- trated.