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Contents 



PART I. BEIJERINCK, THE MAN 



by 



L. E. den Dooren de 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 academie teacher 23 



VII. Beijerinck at work 35 



VIII. The retired scholar 41 



PART II. BEIJERINCK, THE BOTANIST 

 by 

 G. van Iterson Jr. 



Page 



Chapter IX. Studies on galls 51 



„ X. Morphological investigations on adventitious formations 



and regeneration phenomena 61 



XI. 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 coUoid chemistry . . 83 



XVI. Pure cultures of algae 86 



XVII. Considerations on heredity 90 



XVIII. Bacterial root nodules 94 



