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Vol. XXIX, No. | ' Issued January 33, 1900 
CONTENTS 
THE MECHANISM OF ROOT CURVATURE (wiTH FIGURE). James B. Pollock - - 1 
BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
BOTANICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. G. Farlow =. - : . - - 64 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
BOOK REVIEWS - - - - - - - - - - 68 
A TEXxT-BOOK OF BOTANY FOR STUDENTS OF PHARMACY. THE AFRICAN FLORA. 
PLANT DISEASES. MOULDs, MILDEWs, AND MUSHROOMS. 
MINOR NOTICES - - 4 - - - - . - 73 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS 5; = 2 “ * * 2 . “ 75 
NEWS - ‘ ‘ i . “ “ - ¢. “ - 79 
INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII - - - - . - - Preceding text 
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