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THE value of this book, first published in 1917, as a classroom textbook is testified by the fact that a third edition is now called for. The undue inflation that is frequently caused by the inclusion of fresh material in repeated editions is here obviated by the elimination of most of the tables and text matter dealing with the distribution and yield of crop plants. The treatment is essentially botanical, not horticultural, and such matters as methods of cultivation and the soils appropriate for various crops do not come within its scope.
The Botany of Crop Plants: a Text and Reference Book.
By prof. W. W. Robbins. Third edition, revised. Pp. x + 639. (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., Inc., 1931.) 4 dollars.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 129, 708 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129708a0
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