BIBLIOGRAPHY 281 



The second volume (" Territoire ") of the Second recense- 

 ment de la RepiiUique argentine (Buenos Aires, 1898) includes 

 a joint geographical study by a number of writers. 



Geologic, by J. Valentin. 



Climat, by G. G. Davis. 



Flore, by E. L. Holmberg. 



Some attempt at a general consideration of our geographical 

 knowledge of Argentina has been made by E. A. S. Delachaux, 

 " Las regiones fisicas de la Republica Argentina {Rev. Mus. 

 Plata, XV, 1908, pp. 102-131). 



Our physical knowledge of Argentina has been greatly 

 promoted by the work of the Direccion de Minas. The 

 results are summarized in the Memorias de la Direccion 

 general de Minas, Geologia, e Hidrologia, published from 

 1908 onward (Anales del Ministerio de Agricultura, Seccion 

 geologia, mineralogia, y mineria : last volume published 

 for the year 1915, Buenos Aires, vol. xii. No. 2). 



Special works are published in the same section of the 

 Anales del Min. Agric, and in the Boletines de la Direccion 

 de Minas, Geologia, e Hidrologia. See, especially, series B 

 (Geologia). These reports and the accompanying maps are 

 the basis of all work on the geography of Argentina. They 

 already cover a great deal of Argentine territory. The 

 work of Keidel, in particular, which is an essential contribu- 

 tion to the geological history of the South- American continent, 

 and that of Windhausen, are largely concerned with physical 

 geography, the study of the relief, and the influence of the 

 climate on the landscape. 



A summary of the history of study of the soil of Argentina 

 will be found in E. Hermitte, La geologia y mineria Argentina 

 in 1914 {Tercer Censo Nacional, vol. vii, pp. 407-494). 



As to climate : Buenos Aires Ministerio de Agricultura, 

 Servicio Meteorologico Argentina, Historia y Organisacion, 

 con un resumen de los resultados, preparado bajo la direcci6n 

 de G. G. Davis (Buenos Aires, 1914, quarto), dispenses one 

 from consulting any previous works. 



There is a very complete bibliography of works on the 

 botany and geographical botany of Argentina in F. Kurtz, 

 " Essai d'une bibliographic botanique de I'Argentine " (2nd 

 edition, Bol. Acad. Nac. Ciencias Cordoba, xx, 1915, pp. 369- 

 467)- 



