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Obituary on Dr. R. Kidston

The news of the death of Dr. Robert Kidston, LL.D., F.R.S., came as a great shock to the scientific world. Prior to his death he was engaged on a monumental monograph on “The Fossil Plants of the Carboniferous Rocks of Great Britain,” which was to run into ten parts. Part VI was nearing completion, and, setting holidays aside, Dr. Kidston was busy on the final proofs and was speeding them on for publication when he passed away suddenly on July 12th, 1924. The most difficult portion of the work had been accomplished. The pity is that the great palaeontologist was not permitted to finish the task. Dr. Kidston was born at Bishopton House, Renfrewshire. He was educated at Stirling High School and later at Edinburgh University where he studied Botany under Professor Hutton Balfour. He was intensely interested in Natural Science, and early in his career he was an enthusiastic investigator of the Scottish Arctic Alpine Flora. The Breadalbanes had always an attraction for him, but primarily as a botanist. The British Herbarium of Glasgow University Botany Department is enriched by many of his discoveries. But it is in his work as a Palaeontologist that he stands out pre-eminent, and as such he was recognised by the Geological Survey not only of Britain but of other European Countries. Special reference ought to be made to his work on “The Fossil Osmundaceae” which he carried out conjointly with the late Professor Gwynne-Vaughan, and also to his work on the Fossils of This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract

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color pictures. Most of these were taken by the author. Some of the photographs lack clarity of subject matter and seem to be more suitable for an overall photographic effect than for illustrative or instructional purposes. The line drawings by Dr. Dorothy Leake, numbering 362, are excellent. The book would have been more useful if line drawings accompanied each plant identification. A glossary and 34 additional references are included in the handbook. These features along with the detailed plant anatomy sections and the excellent discussion of the environmental factors that influence the kinds and distribution of plants, make the handbook an excellent guide for high school biology classes, college botanical courses in local flora, and methods courses in science education for prospective biology teachers. Laboratory sessions would be available to such groups to become familiar with plant anatomy and to build proficiency in the use of a key. Field trips for identification and collection purposes would permit the handbook to be what this reviewer believes the author intended-a usable handbook. There is no question as to the validity of the presentation or usefulness of this handbook as a reference tool for the appropriate audience. This book is highly recommended to the more serious camper or the high school biology and college botany instructors in the Rocky Mountain and surrounding region.

College Botany: Structure, Physiology, and Economics of Plants

IT is said of this book by the author that it is "an effort to meet present conditions,"but it is not very clear what these conditions are. The book is divided into sections on morphology, physiology, and classification, the last including1 general descriptions of the great plant groups. Some of the drawings, such as Fig. 30, representing a lenticel, and Fig. 152, depicting the pine cone and its parts, can only be described as crude; but the photographs of individual plants, of which there are many, are much more successful. A number of maps are given showing the various areas of crop production in the United States, and economic plants of all kinds are frequently introduced into the descriptions. The book would seem to be most suitable for American students beginning the study of agriculture.

General Botany for Universities and Colleges.

General Botany for Universities and Colleges.

Book Review: College Botany

Book Review: College Botany

(1) General Botany for Universities and Colleges (2) Laboratory and Field Exercises for “General Botany”

(1) General Botany for Universities and Colleges (2) Laboratory and Field Exercises for “General Botany”

ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE BOTANY

ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE BOTANY

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Book reviewed in this article:Mathematics for Agriculture and General Science, by A. M. Kenyon, Professor of Mathematics, and W. V. Lovitt, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Purdue University.College Algebra, by E. B. Skinner, Associate Professor of Mathematics, The University of Wisconsin.Junior High School Mathematics, First Course, by W. L. Vosburgh, Head of Department of Mathematics in the Boston Normal School, and F. W. Gentleman, Junior Master, Department of Mathematics, The Mechanic Arts High School, Boston.Differential and Integral Calculus, by H. B. Phillips, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, by J. S. Kingsley, Professor of Zoology in the University of Illinois.Animal Micrology, Practical Exercises in Zoological Micro‐Technique, by Michael F. Guyer, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology in the University of Wisconsin.Microbiology, a Textbook of Microorganisms, General and Applied. Edited by Charles E. Marshall, Professor of Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricultural College.A Textbook of Botany for Colleges, by William F. Ganong, Ph. D., Professor of Botany in Smith College.

(1) Algae (2) The Anthocyanin Pigments of Plants (3) A Text-book of Botany for Colleges

(1) Algae (2) The Anthocyanin Pigments of Plants (3) A Text-book of Botany for Colleges

Two New College TextsA Textbook of Botany for Colleges. Part I. The Structures and Functions of Plants.William F. GanongFundamentals of Botany.C. Stuart Gager

Previous articleNext article FreeCurrent LiteratureTwo New College Texts A Textbook of Botany for Colleges. Part I. The Structures and Functions of Plants. William F. Ganong Fundamentals of Botany. C. Stuart Gager D. S. JohnsonD. S. Johnson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 63, Number 4Apr., 1917 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/332030 Views: 32 Journal History This article was published in the Botanical Gazette (1876-1991), which is continued by International Journal of Plant Sciences (1992-present). PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

A Textbook of Botany for Colleges. William F. Ganong

Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsA Textbook of Botany for Colleges. William F. Ganong O. W. CaldwellO. W. Caldwell Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 24, Number 10Dec., 1916 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/436700 Journal History This article was published in The School Review (1893-1979), which is continued by the American Journal of Education (1979-present). PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

(1) The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (2) Forage Plants and their Culture (3) American Science Series Essentials of College Botany (4) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles: Types of the Natural Orders

(1) The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (2) Forage Plants and their Culture (3) American Science Series Essentials of College Botany (4) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles: Types of the Natural Orders

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Book reviewed in this article:Household Physics, by Alfred M. Butler, High School of Practical Arts, Boston.Ueber Bisentrische Polygene, Steinersche Kreis—und Kugelreihen, und die Erfindung der Inversion, by Dr. R. Bützberger, Professor an der Kantonsschule, Zurich.High School Geography, Physical, Economic, and Regional, by Chas. R. Dwyer, Indiana State Normal School.Principles and Methods in Commercial Education, by Joseph Kahn and Joseph G. Klein, College of the City of New York.Laboratory Physics for Secondary Schools, by Robert A. Millikan and Henry G. Gale, University of Chicago, and Edward S. Bishop, School of Education, University of Chicago.“The Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products,” by E. H. S. Bailey, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry and Director, Chemical Laboratories, University of Kansas. Author of “A System of Qualitative Analysis,” “Sanitary and Applied Chemistry,” etc., with 75 illustrations.Essentials of College Botany, by Charles E. Bessey and Ernest A. Bessey.The Teaching of Biology in the Secondary School, by F. E. Lloyd and M, A. Bigelow.

Essentials of College Botany . By Charles E. Bessey, Professor in the University of Nebraska, and Ernest A. Bessey, Professor in the Michigan Agricultural College. American Science Series. The eighth edition revised and entirely rewritten. Henry Holt & Co. 1914. Pp. xiv + 409 with 206 illustrations.

<i>Essentials of College Botany</i> . By Charles E. Bessey, Professor in the University of Nebraska, and Ernest A. Bessey, Professor in the Michigan Agricultural College. American Science Series. The eighth edition revised and entirely rewritten. Henry Holt &amp; Co. 1914. Pp. xiv + 409 with 206 illustrations.

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Book reviewed in this article:Animal Communities in Temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago Region, a study in Animal Ecology, by Victor E. Shelford, Ph. D., of the Department of Zoölogy, the University of ChicagoEntomology with Special Reference to Its' Biological and Economic Aspects, by Justus Watson Folsom, Sc. D. (Harvard), Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois.A System of Questions and Problems in Chemistry by Floyd L. Darrow, Polytechnic Preparatory School, Brooklyn, N. Y.Experimental Wireless Stations, by Philip E. Edelman.Logarithmic Reduction Tables, by Charles J. Moore, Ph. D., Austin Teaching Fellow in Advanced Analytical Chemistry in Harvard University.Tables and Formulas, by William R. Langley, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.Introduction to Biology, an Elementary Text‐book and Laboratory Guide, by Maurice A. Bigelow, Ph. D., Professor of Biology in Teacher's College, Columbia University, and Anna N. Bigelow, M. S., Teacher of Biology in Miss Chapin's school for girls, New York.Algebra, First Course, by Edith Long, Head of the Department of Mathematics, High School, Lincoln, Neb., and W. C. Brenke, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Nebraska.Handbook of Physiology, by W. D. Haliburton, M. D., LL. D., F. R. C. P., F. R. S., Professor of Physiology, King's College, LondonPocket Cyclopedia of Medicine and Surgery, based upon the second edition of Gould and Pyle's Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery. Second edition revised, enlarged and edited by R. J. E. Scott, M. A., B. C. L., M. D., New York.Exercises in Farm Dairying, by C. Larsen, M. S. A., Department of Dairy Husbandry, South Dakota State College.Animal Husbandry for Schools, by Merritt W. Harper, Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University.Modern Problems of Biology, lectures delivered at the University of Jena, December, 1912, by Charles Sedgwick Minot, Director of the Anatomical Laboratories, Harvard Medical School; Exchange Professor at the Universities of Berlin and Jena, 1912–13.The Pupils' Arithmetic, by James C. Byrnes, Julia Richman, and John S. Roberts, New York.Trigonometry (Revised Edition), by Frederick Anderegg, Professor of Mathematics in Oberlin College and Edward D. Roe, Jr., Professor of Mathematics in Syracuse University.A First Course in Algebra, by Frederick C. Kent, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma.A Text‐book on the Teaching of Arithmetic, by Alva W. Stamper, Ph. D., Head of the Department of Mathematics, State Normal. School, Chico, Calif.Computing Tables and Formulas, by E. H. Barker, Head of the Department of Mathematics in the Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif.Plant Life and Plant Uses, an elementary text‐book, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany, by John Gaylord Coulter, Ph. D.

A Text-book of Botany for Colleges and Universities . By members of the Botanical Staff of the University of Chicago, John Merle Coulter, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Morphology; Charles Reid Barnes, Ph.D., Late Professor of Plant Physiology; Henry Chandler Cowles, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Plant Ecology. Vol. II. Ecology. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago. American Book Company, octavo. Pp. x

<i>A Text-book of Botany for Colleges and Universities</i> . By members of the Botanical Staff of the University of Chicago, John Merle Coulter, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Morphology; Charles Reid Barnes, Ph.D., Late Professor of Plant Physiology; Henry Chandler Cowles, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Plant Ecology. Vol. II. Ecology. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago. American Book Company, octavo. Pp. x

THE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY TEXT‐BOOK.

Book reviewed in this article:A TBXT‐BOOK OP BOTANY FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVEUSITIES by members of the botanical staff of the University of Chicago: JOHN MBRLB COULTER, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Morphology, CHARLBS REID BARNES, Ph.D., late Professor of Plant Physiology, HENRY CHANDLER COWLBS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology.

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Book reviewed in this article:Graphs for Reference, by Ernest W. Ponzer, Stanford University, CalProgressive Problems in General Chemistry. By Charles Baskerville and W. L. EstabrookeElementary Text‐book of Physics, Part I, General Physics, by R. Wallace StewartA Text‐book of Differential CalculusA Text‐book of Integral CalculusThe Problem of the Angle‐bisectors. A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Ogden Graduate School of Science of the University of Chicago in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. By Richard P. BakerExercises in Elementary Algebra, by May A. BlodgettArithmetic, by John C. Stone, head of the Department of Mathematics, State Normal School, Montclair, N. J., and James P. Millis, head of the Department of Mathematics, Francis W. Parker School, Chicago. I. Primary Arithmetic. Pp. xii+223. II. Intermediate Arithmetic. Pp. xi+240. III. Advanced ArithmeticThe Teaching of Agriculture in the High School, by G. A. BrickerAn Introduction to Zoölogy, by Robert W. Hegner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Zoölogy in the University of MichiganA Course of Qualitative Chemical Analysis of Inorganic Substances, with Explanatory Notes, by 0. F. Tower, Adelbert College, Western Reserve University. Second edition, revisedElements of Geology, by Eliot Blackwelder, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin, and Harlan H. Barrows, Associate Professor of General Theology and Geography, University of ChicagoA Text‐book of Botany for Colleges and Universities, by J. M. Coulter, C. R. Barnes, H. C. Cowles. Vol. I, Morphology and PhysiologyStandard Elocution and Speaker, by I. H. BrownTables for the Determination of Minerals by Means of Their Physical Properties, Occurrences, and Associates, by Edward H. Kraus and Walter F. Hunt, University of Michigan

A Text-book of Botany for Colleges and Universities , by members of the botanical staff of the University of Chicago, John Merle Coulter, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Morphology; Charles Reid Barnes, Ph.D., late Professor of Plant Physiology; Henry Chandler Cowles, Ph.D., Professor Plant Ecology. Vol. I., Morphology and Physiology. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, American Book Company. 8vo. Pp. viii

<i>A Text-book of Botany for Colleges and Universities</i> , by members of the botanical staff of the University of Chicago, John Merle Coulter, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Morphology; Charles Reid Barnes, Ph.D., late Professor of Plant Physiology; Henry Chandler Cowles, Ph.D., Professor Plant Ecology. Vol. I., Morphology and Physiology. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, American Book Company. 8vo. Pp. viii

A Text-Book of Botany for Colleges and Universities

A Text-Book of Botany for Colleges and Universities