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AN introduction to the study of structural botany has long been a desideratum in this country, where we have hitherto been compelled to refer the beginner either to works in foreign languages, or to such help as he may glean from lecture courses. Dr. Scott's little book supplies this need in a most, admirable manner, and he has thoroughly earned the gratitude both of teacher and student alike for the freshness and clearness with which he has presented his subject. We notice with satisfaction that, amongst many other good points, there is an intelligible account given of the transition of the structure of the root to that of the stem, a matter concerning which there exists a great deal of needless ignorance and misapprehension in the minds of many students. Another excellent character of the work lies in the large number of new figures which it contains, an example which might with advantage be followed by other writers, for it is really not easy to see why the older illustrations should be regarded with such superstitious (or is it indolent?) veneration, especially when this practice leads to the exclusion of new figures, as is not unfrequently the case.
Structural Botany (Flowering Plants).
By Dukinfield Henry Scott With 113 Figures. (London: A. and C. Black, 1894.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 50, 147 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050147b0
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