Abstract
FOR a long time past a comprehensive account of the gymnosperms has been greatly needed, for within recent years many important memoirs have appeared which have thrown much light on the structure and relationships of this interesting family of plants. It is, then, with an anticipatory feeling of pleasure that one opens the first instalment of Messrs. Coulter and Chamberlain's book on the morphology of the spermatophytes, seeing that it is entirely devoted to the gymnosperms. And it may at once be said that the authors have done their work well. The book is more than a critical exposition of our present knowledge, for it embodies also the results of a considerable amount of original research on the plants in question. The illustrations are many and good, and include a large proportion of new figures.
Morphology of Spermatophytes.
By John M. Coulter Charles J. Chamberlain Pp. x + 188. (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901.) Price 1.75 dollars.
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Morphology of Spermatophytes . Nature 65, 150 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065150a0
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