THE mastery of an alphabet by a child depends on his recognising and remembering the differences in form of the various arbitrary signs which we conventionally use to represent different sounds.

PROF. FARMER'S work is that of an expert dealing with a science with the details of which he is thoroughly familiar, both as a student and as a teacher. Its pages show the firm grasp that enables him ...

In 1914, the Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the flagship journal of the scientific publications program, was founded to contain research contributions from staff members at the Garden, ...

Cal Poly botany professor Matt Ritter will speak at the June 13 Cambria Forest Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Rabobank on Main Street. His talk is free and open to the public. His new book, ...