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DR. JOSEPH EDWARD KIRKWOOD, the author of this work, made a life study of the flora of the northern Rocky Mountains, but, unfortunately, he died suddenly in August 1928, whilst the present book was in course of preparation. The title indicates the scope of the work, and the region included embraces the country from the Yellowstone Park, north and north-west through Montana and Idaho and the Canadian Rockies, covering the various ranges and the closely adjacent plains. The limitation of area naturally excludes from this work many of the well-known trees and shrubs of western North America, but in an introduction describing the area and the peculiar distribution of various genera and species, we find that 79 genera and 248 species are found in the region under notice. The introduction is ended by a key to the 27 families concerned. Salix is the most prolific genus in species, for some 51 are described.
Northern Rocky Mountain Trees and Shrubs.
Dr. J. E. Kirkwood. Pp. xvii + 340 + 35 plates. (Stanford University, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1930.) 35s. net.
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Northern Rocky Mountain Trees and Shrubs . Nature 126, 467 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126467a0
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