Plant Biology A Text-book of Elementary Botany arranged for Modern Methods of Teaching Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany Studies in Plant Life Elementary Botany Introduction to Elementary Botany Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges

Abstract

THE advocates of an exclusively experimental course of study in the natural sciences are confronted with the difficulty of time limitations, so that in practice it becomes necessary to strike a balance between lecture and practical work. Dr. Cavers has indicated in “Plant Biology” the lines of work that he has found successful with training-college students, in which the training is almost entirely derived from observation and experiment. The foundation of the course consists of experiments-of which about three hundred and fifty are outlined in connection with the nature and function of parts of the flowering plant; so far as possible the bean plant is used as the type. Flower and soil, biology and ecology provide a subsidiary section. The course differs mainly from ordinary practice in excluding the examination of selected types from the main groups and in the general omission of flowerless plants. With regard to the composition of the subject-matter, the author deserves great commendation; the arrangement is well planned, the experiments are generally simple and practicable, and the information is contrived to make the student think. A series of questions at the end of each chapter can be used o either by the student or his instructor to gauge the progress that is being made. The appendices also contain much useful matter; hints on practical work refer to special opportunities afforded month by month; a summary of Engler's system of classification is provided, and a glossary of botanical terms.

Plant Biology. A Text-book of Elementary Botany arranged for Modern Methods of Teaching.

By Dr. F. Cavers. Pp. xvi + 460. (Cambridge: University Tutorial Press, 1907.) Price 3s. 6d.

Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany.

By J. Y. Bergen B. M. Davis. Pp. viii + 257. (Boston and London: Ginn and Co., n.d.) Price 4s. 6d.

Studies in Plant Life.

By J. Adams. Pp. v + 179. (Dublin and Belfast: Fallen and Co., Ltd., n.d.)

Elementary Botany.

By M. A. Liversidge. Pp. 128. (London: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1907.) Price 1s. 6d. net.

Introduction to Elementary Botany.

By Charlotte L. Laurie. Pp. viii + 84. (London: Allman and Son, Ltd., n.d.) Price 1s. net.

Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges.

By W. S. Coleman. Pp. viii + 141; with 8 plates. New edition, entirely reset. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1907.) Price 1s.