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REVIEWS AND NOTICES 



OF 



The Rusts of Australia : their Structure, Nature, and Classification. 



Bv 1). McALPlNE. 



Professor .). ('. Artliiir, in Journal of Mycology. .Alaich, 1907. 



Among the notable recent contribiilions to uretlinology, the voliune on The Rusts of 

 Australia: their structure. iKiliirc. (iiid classificatiov, by D. McAlpine, is worthy of special 

 attention. 



Preceding the systematic part the first twenty chapters are devoted to a discussion 

 of the general subject of rusts in its various aspects, and from the most modern point of 

 view. It is by much the best account now available in the English language. 



The thoroughness with which the author has accomplished his task, the culmination 

 •of many years of observation and study, has insured a valuable work of reference for 

 both local and other botanists. But even more than this, the broad spirit in which 

 the work has been conceived and the ability shown to discover and interpret the less 

 obvious morphological structures, give added value to the record of facts. 



It is this clear insight, and the accuracy and fulness of details, that commend the w ork 

 to all students of the lusts in every })art of the world. 



Professor C F,. Bessey in Science, January. 19U7. 



Part I., consisting of 75 pages, is devoted to the general characters and mode of life 

 of the rusts. This portion would be a very helpful text-book for college students any- 

 where, since the matter is presented in a clear and comprehensive manner. Fifty-five 

 plates (eleven of them beautifully and accurately coloured) hel]) to render the descriptions 

 more easily understood. A glossary of technical terms, a bibliography, an aljjhabetical 

 host index, a fungus index (al])habetical l)y genera), and a general index, complete 

 this satisfactory volume. ^ji 



Professor Dietel. author of f'.s///«7///(r/f' in EntrJer and Piantls Die Sutiirlichin Pflanzen- 



fannlieiK 



I am convinced tliat your beautiful work, hy its contents as well as l)y its excellent 

 ilhistralions, will meet with general recognition, and I trust that it may give a strong 

 impetus to the further investigation of the llora of your interesting country. 



The letterpress of your book has given me much information, and it has l)een of great 

 interest to me to receive a com])lete account of the rust-tloia of Australia. 



Professor Saccardo. author of Sylloge Funyoruiii. IS \'ols. 



ining a monogra])h of the I'redines of .Australia. It 

 great care and exceedinirly well illustrated. 'J'he 

 s very clear and instructive. 



Revues Geuerale des Sciences pures et appliquees, 'Mt\i Autrust. 11)07. 



The retpiirements of agriculture, which constitutes one of the leading sources of 

 wealth for the Australian colonies, have necessitated, for a long time, the creation in 

 the States of De])artments of Agriculture, among which that of the State of Victoria 

 is distiniiuished by tiie indefatigable zeal which it displays in defence of the interests 

 with which it is charged. 



The Department of Agriculture has obtained from one of the savants attached it — ■ 

 Mr. McAli)ine — a study as eom])letc as possii)lc of the various rusts which occur in Aus- 

 tralia, 'i'he work, in which all these observations aie recorded antl illustrated with 

 numerous jjlates. some of which are beautifully coloured, reflects great credit on the author 

 and on the Department of Agricidture of \'ictoria. 



