FLOWERLESS PLANTS. 



BY 



D. H. SCOTT, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



In One Volume, crown 8vo, cloth, price 3s. 6d. 



SOME PRESS NOTICES. 



' The second part of Dr. Scott's admirable manual of Structural Botany Is now 

 before us. It consists of a most carefully worked out history of the structure of 

 flowerless plants, which constitute more than half of the vegetable world. . . . 

 Dr. Scott's position in the Royal Gardens at Kew, as Honorary Keeper of the 

 Jodrell Laboratory, and his previous work as a Professor in Biology of the Royal 

 College of Science, London, will give a tone of authority for this book, which will 

 carry considerable weight with its readers. The work and its illustrations have 

 been admirably produced by the publishers. It is one which cannot fail to hold 

 Its place among the most thoughtful of students of botany." Science Gossip. 



"We have nothing but praise for this neat little volume. With its companion 

 (Part I. Flowering Plants) it forms as good an introduction as one can imagine, 

 in our present knowledge, to the study of the plant world of to-day. . . . Aa 

 regards the figures, many are, of course, old friends, others will be new to most 

 readers, and some, principally the work of Mrs. Scott, have been drawn expressly 

 for the book. We only fear lest, amid such a wealth of illustration, the student 

 may deem an examination of the actual specimens to be unnecessary." The 

 Guardian. 



"Students of botany will welcome the second part of Dr. D. H. Scott's 

 ' Introduction to Structural Botany ' which has just appeared. . . . The language 

 is clear and not unnecessarily technical, which is a great advantage to a beginner. 

 We believe many are deterred from the fascinating study of botany by the 

 extremely numerous technical terms with which so many manuals abound. . . . 

 The illustrations are clear and well explained ; many of them are original, others 

 chosen from the works of specialists in the various sub-divisions. We do not 

 remember reading a clearer description of the growth of ferns than that in the 

 chapter on vascular cryptogams." Westminster Review. 



"The book is largely and admirably ilfustrated by woodcuts, many of the most 

 elaborate being drawn from nature by the wife of the author. To those students 

 who are interested in the structure and growth of flowerless plants the work may 

 be cordially recommended." Field. 



" Some time ago we had occasion to notice in favourable terms the first part of 

 this little treatise devoted to the flowering plants. We can speak no less favour- 

 ably of the present instalment. It is a thoroughly original book, and one well 

 thought out, so that the main points of structure, whether they be continuous and 

 homologous, or whether they be disconnected and contrasted, stand out clearly. 

 ... To those who desire to get a clear connected account of the distinctive 

 characteristics and life-history of the great groups of the vegetable kingdom, we 

 most heartily commend Dr. Scott's little volume." Gardeners' Chronicle. 



" Students and amateurs who have used Dr. Scott's little book on the structure 

 of flowering plants, which appeared two years ago, will naturally have recourse to 

 the second part if they wish to extend their studies to flowerless plants ; and we 

 venture to predict that they will not be disappointed. It is written in the same 

 simple, clear style, and is not too overladen with detail as to appal the beginner." 

 British Medical Journal. 



" Students of botany who possess Dr. Scott's first volume on the phanerogams, 

 will find no falling off in the second part. The work, as its true title implies, 

 deals necessarily with microscope rather than with field botany, and it is exceed- 

 ingly well illustrated with line cuts, mostly drawn to a magnified scale by Mrs. 

 D. H. Scott." Pall Matt Gazette. 



LONDON: A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE. 



