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is based, translated by M. Johnston (Ray Society, London, pp. 

 X + 422). Follows the German edition, published in Berlin in 1836. 

 Of historical interest as indicating the teachings of the day, including 

 Man's dependence upon plants, but with over-emphasis on latitude 

 as the limiting factor in plant distribution. 



Daubeny, Charles, ed. (1855) : Popular Geography of Plants ; or, a 

 botanical excursion around the zvorld (Lovell Reeve, London, pp. 

 xl + 370)- A very readable illustrated account following Meyen's 

 arrangement and, although often unreliable, of historical interest as 

 indicating the type of work apparently favoured by the intelligent 

 layman of a century ago : by ' E.M.C, with a well-written and 

 penetrating preface by its eminent editor. 



Pickering, Charles (1876) : The Geographical Distribution of Animals 

 and Plants. Part II. Plants in Their Wild State (Naturalists' 

 Agency, Salem, Mass., pp. 1-524 and additional maps). A sumptuous 

 but evidently rare publication of some interest and foresight. 



SCHIMPER, A. F. W. (1903) : Plant-geography upon a Physiological Basis, 

 translated by W. R. Fisher, revised and edited by Percy Groom and 

 L B. Balfour (Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp. xxx + 839 and 4 

 additional maps). Still the great reference book on the subject in 

 English, profusely illustrated and a commendable feat for its time, 

 though in places unreliable and now largely outdated. A detailed 

 up-to-date work in English, planned along modern lines and executed 

 in the light of the latest knowledge, is badly needed to supersede it. 



Warming, E., et. al. (1909) : Oecology of Plants (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 

 pp. xi + 422). For many years a standard source-book mainly on 

 the ecological side but also describing the main vegetation-types. 



Hardy, M. E. (191 3) : A Junior Plant Geography (Clarendon Press, 

 Oxford, pp. 1-192). A light-weight but useful discourse on some 

 aspects of the subject — like the next work, illustrated and readable 

 though outdated and not always reliable. Some copies have been 

 seen entitled ' An Introduction to Plant Geography '. 



Hardy, M. E. (1920) : The Geography of Plants (Clarendon Press, 

 Oxford, pp. xii -J- 327). Consists chiefly of a discursive account of 

 the more obvious vegetational features of the main land-masses and 

 climatic regions (cf. above), largely ignoring aquatic habitats. 

 Reprinted up to 1952. 



Campbell, D. H. (1926) : An Outline of Plant Geography (Macmillan, 

 London [and New York], pp. ix -f 392). Illustrated and readable : 

 concerned chiefly with climatic zones and areas and their land flora 

 and vegetational characteristics, but loosely written and frequently 

 inaccurate, and omitting many topics which might with advantage 

 have been treated. 



Newbigin, M. I. (1936) : Plant and Animal Geography (Methuen, 

 London, pp. xv + 298). See also the practically identical ' second 



