Contents 



PARTI. BEIJERINCK, THE MAN 



by 

 L. E. den D o o r c n do Jong 



Page 



Chapter I. Descent 3 



II. Childhood 6 



III. Adolescence 11 



IV. The secondary school teacher 13 



V. The industrial microbiologist 19 



VI. The academic teacher 23 



VII. Beijerinck at work 35 



VIII. The retired scholar 41 



PART II. BEIJERINCK, THE BOTANIST 



by 



G. van I t e r s o n Jr. 



Page 



Chapter IX. Studies on galls 51 



X. Morphological investigations on adventitious formations 



and regeneration phenomena 61 



XL Studies on phyllotaxis 68 



,, XII. Minor morphological researches 71 



XIII. Cross-breeding experiments 74 



,, XIV. Investigations on gummosis 79 



XV. Studies on starch, and problems of colloid chemistry . . 83 



,, XVI. Pure cultures of algae 86 



XVII. Considerations on heredity 90 



XVIII. Bacterial root nodules . . 94 



