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BOTANISTS who possess the first two series of the “Vegetationsbilder,” or who have had the opportunity of admiring these magnificent series of photographic reproductions, will be glad to see that the third series is rapidly taking shape. The subject of epiphytic flower-gardens arising out of ants' nests, which formed part of a previous number, by Mr. E. Ule, is more fully treated in the first part of this series by the same authority. The ant-gardeners are species of Azteca, most often Azteca Traili and Camponotus femoratus. The plates represent different stages in the formation of the gardens; the plants which develop from seed brought in by the ants are chiefly aroids, bromeliads, and species of Gesneraceæ. In the second part Mr. E. A. Bessey presents a study of the sand-dunes, shifting and stationary, of Russian Turkestan with a vegetation of Calligonum, Salsola, Tamarix, and other xerophytes; the arboreous Salsola is particularly interesting. The photographs of Java, forming the third part, have been supplied by Prof. M. Büsgen, Mr. H. Jensen, and Dr. W. Busse. The subjects chosen include the teak forests, an expanse of the lotus, Nelumbium speciosum, a sand-dune bound by the creeping Spinifex squarrosus, and a bamboo forest.
Vegetationsbilder.
By Drs. G. Karsten H. Schenck. Third series. Parts i.–iii., containing plates i.–xviii. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1905.)
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Vegetationsbilder . Nature 73, 4 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073004c0
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