The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

IAN Illustrated Flora OF the Northern
United States. Canada and the British Pos
sessions from Newfoundland TO the Parallel
of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and
from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the
Observation-Disclosures Meridian" This is
a work by Nathaniel Lord Britton and
Edison Brown. I'm three volumes, and
published by Charles Schribners Sons,
New York. So volume. During
the last few years, when there has
been such flood of popular botanes most
of which were made merely to sell. and
none of them able 10 claim the serious at
tention of any one who wished accurate
Information upon the subject, it has looked
as though DR.. Gray's series of textbooks.
together with his manual. were to remain
the sole dependence of the American lover
of flowers for an indefinite period. That
there was an open field for a well illus
trated scientifically accurate and reliable
flora of North America, one denied. but
the prospects for such a book seemed poor
indeed. Now, however, with the appearance
of the first volume of DR.. Britton's monu-
mental work there is no longer any ques-
ton as to its realization. and the American
botanist can at last feel that he is as we'll
equipped with a good working manual as
any of the foreign botanists who have paid
so much attention to this branch of the
subject Naturally. the first thing in the
book that will appeal 10 an amateur is the
full and complete way in which every
species is figured This is the first time
anything of the kind has been attempted.
and when il is considered that there are
something like 1000 species in the area COW
cred by the flora. the undertaking is GER
tainly prodigious one. Considerably over
half of the species have never been figured
before. and they have been so carefully
prepared that they cannot help being of the
greatest create assistance in determ min
has devolved upon DIR. Brtton various spe-
cialsts have contributed whenever ii was
necessary, thus assuring the utmost accu-
racy and eXactness. II is a book no botanist
can think of being without, and its advan-
tages for the amateur or student are so OBJ
vious that it is destined to come into al
most universal use in remarkably short
time. The two remaining volumes are prom
sed within the year and ii is 10 be hoped
there will be no delays that will interfere
with the prompt completion of this, the
greatest American fora since the publica-
ton of Gray's Manual
Much as George Washington has been
written about, Mr.. Woodrow Wilson offers
something new on the subject The ten
cha piers of his George Washington form
separate sketches of as many salient pc
RODS of Washiugton's life rather than a
connected history of the great mans
achievements. The first paper gives to the
reader a vivid picture of the conditions
under which Washington started life in
Virginia and makes all this interesting and
Ineligible by a comprehensive description
of the events that led up TO and established
these conditions. Then follows sketch OF
Washingtons youth. in which we are made
TO recognize the influences that helped to
mold the character of the father OF his
country The ensuing chapters take up the
great mans experiences as soldier.
statesman. patriot. and finally as the first
President of these United States. fea-
ture of these papers is the great amount
of original research that they represent
and the quantity of new and interesting in
formation they afford concerning periods
of Washington's life that have hitherto