1900] CURRENT LITERATURE 355 
_ deals with religious legends and traditions of the human race. This seems out 
_ ofkeeping with the rest of the work, which, though planned for a semi-popu- 
S lar audience, contains much matter of equal value to ecologists with the 
Works of Haberlandt, Schimper, and Warming. The figures are crude an 
# unsatisfactory in the extreme, when compared with Schimper. Though little 
_ thatis new is to be found in Costantin’s new volume, one finds there one of 
_ the best summaries we have of many topics, such as lianas and parasites. In 
the author's philosophy, also, is a great deal of valuable suggestion to all who 
_ ae interested in ecology.— HENRY C. COWLES. 
Organography. 
TO THE admirably selected series of German botanical works translated 
’ p. 68, has crept in; now and then one finds 
ce, as “one would naturally expect that a lateral 
“toot removed from the shoot system and planted vertically and which rooted 
_ behave similarly,” p. 51; and we much regret that the incorrect form 
should be given further currency by the translator. But 
“S such as may be charitably overlooked in view of the great 
advantage of having this classic in English dress. We trust that the publi- 
d part (with its promised index) will be made possible at 
oy day by the appearance of the remainder of the second part from the 
author's hand. The imprint of the Clarendon Press is guarantee that the 
facture of the book is all that can be desired. —C. R. B. 
u NOTES FOR STUDENTS. 
i -H, Devaux has recently made an extensive study of lenticels, vad ea 
hg Concerns the physiological conditions of the growth and differentia- 
: Pi Of their tissues, the results of which occupy two thirds of a volume of the 
ales des Sciences Naturelles.6 
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nt B Organography of plants, especially of the A Ae: 
General gd Authorized English edition by Isaac BAYLEY ape eee 
Press, 1900 StaPhy. Roy. 8vo. pp. xvi+ 270. figs. 730. Oxford: 4 
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bs Gaz, 25:290. 1898. oy rails 
Siques ede H.: Recherches sur les lenticelles; étude sur les conditions a eat me 
Nat, Bot, yossement et de la différenciation de la cellule et des tissus. . 
VII. 121-240. p/.6. 1900. 
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