Abstract
ALTHOUGH another introductory botanical textbook might seem superfluous, yet this one, written especially for agricultural students, has certain features which justify its existence. The first part is concerned with the structure and physiology of seed plants, and a useful feature is the almost exclusive use.of plants which are of interest particularly to the farmer in the Middle Western States, where the work was written. The second part takes up all the plant groups, and again plants of economic interest are introduced in.many instances. The final chapters form an elementary introduction to the subjects of ecology, variation, heredity, and evolution in plants. Many new drawings are introduced, and although they vary much in quality, some of them will form a useful addition to plant illustrations.
Botany with Agricultural Applications.
Prof.
J. N.
Martin
By. Second edition, revised. Pp. xii + 604. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1920.) 21s. net.
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Botany with Agricultural Applications . Nature 107, 168 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107168d0
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