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tion of this species in the collection, the only definite locality 

 recorded being May's Landing, N. J. It should occur com- 

 monly in the pine-barren regions of the state. 



New York Botanical Garden 



REVIEWS 



Greene's Landmarks of Botanical History* 



Julius von Sachs' well-known history of botany from the six- 

 teenth century to the year i860 is confessedly brief in its treat- 

 ment of the beginnings of botanical science. Furthermore, it 

 was written as a volume of a series on the history of the sciences 

 in Germany and is somewhat predominantly German in its out- 

 look, even though it must be admitted that the modern develop- 

 ments of the science of botany have, in a large measure, been 

 fostered on German soil. And, again, this work, like its recent 

 continuation by Professor J. Reynolds Green (1909), was written 

 by a botanist who was primarily a physiologist, and the physio- 

 logical aspects of the science are the ones that receive the most 

 adequate treatment. The historical works of Sprengel (1807- 

 '08) and of Meyer (i854-'57) do more justice to the very interest, 

 ing beginnings of botanical literature, but they were never trans- 

 lated and are less well known to English and American readers- 



This first instalment of Doctor Edward Lee Greene's "Land- 

 marks," covering the period prior to the year 1562, will therefore 

 prove most welcome to the many botanists, both amateur and 

 professional, who have been awaiting a readable scholarly account 

 of the earlier phases of the development of their science. A 

 reader equipped with a certain amount of knowledge of the 

 morphology of plants and with a certain degree of personal 

 familiarity with plants in the field and garden is likely to find 

 Dr. Greene's elegantly phrased paragraphs so interesting and 

 illuminating that the book, once opened, will hardly find its way 

 to the shelves until it has been read through. 



*Greene, Edward Lee. Landmarks of Botanical History. A Study of Certain 

 Epochs in the Development of the Science of Botany. Part I — Prior to 1562 A. D. 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, part of volume 54. Pp. 1-329. 1909. 



