ange BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
placed go over all the ground, and 
ea language, is a much n 
v, whose recent death has been so greata loss to the scientific 
: we ns done in the publication of his lectures under the title, Vain a 
; mR ie 
ngen iiber Bacterien. This work, issued in 1885, met with an exte 
ne calling for a second edition the following year. Another year saw ite 
in English dress, being translated by Mr. Garnsey, and revised by Prof. 
Balfour, who have been associated in giving us excellent English versions 
of . Sa standard German works. 
An extended notice of the first German edition was given in this 
journal re May, 1886, which makes it unnecessary to occupy muc h space 
at this time. The wo 
se ory than, and in ea 
good fortune that rarely sonia 
Instead of enumerating the various topics trea 
say that the work gives a view of the whole field of the science, with par- 
ticular, although meh eee of many of the more prominent and — 
debata ation of the relation of bacteria to _ 
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fermentations and mee chemical changes, and to the production of dis- 
ease in plants and animals. A valuable bibliography and an index com 
plete the volume. 
: . Minor Notices. 
Copper sulphate solution, 
weak alkali are recommended as preventives when ap 
wheat before sowin 
‘Miss Neweu has prepared a very useful se 
'n botany, which is now being issued in parts. 
ated for children 12 = old and iota ae follow the 
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