PLANT-GEOGRAPHY 



UPON 



A PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS 



By Dr. A. F. W. SCHIMPER 



EXTRAORDINAKY PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BONN 



Tin-: Authorized English Translation 

 By WILLIAM R. FISHER, B.A. 



ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FORESTRY IN THE ROYAL INDIAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE 



COOPERS HILL 



REVISED AND EDITED BY 



PERCY GROOM, M.A., D.Sc, RL.S. 



AND 



ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. 



king's BOIANIST IN SCOTLAND, PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY 

 AND KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH 



WITH A PHOTOGRAVURE PORTRAIT, FIVE COLLOTYPES, FOUR MAPS. AND 

 FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETV-SEVEN OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 



OXFORD 



AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 

 1903 



